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The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended the removal of the preservative thimerosal in seasonal influenza vaccines at their meeting.

The CDC panel voted against an ingredient that the anti-vaccine movement has long targeted, while Arcadia was acquired by ...

CDC advisory committee recommends thimerosal-free influenza vaccines for all adults and children, despite claims that the mercury-based preservative poses no health risks.

A startling new vision of vaccination in America is becoming clearer — one likely to involve fresh scrutiny of established ...

The preservative is called Thimerosal, and it's included in just 4% of existing flu vaccines, used to help prevent ...

Only use certain shots free of an ingredient antivaccine groups have falsely tied to autism, the advisers said.

Taking aim at a longtime target of anti-vaccine activists, CDC advisors said Thursday that the U.S. should not administer ...

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel, recently restructured by Health and Human Services Secretary ...

A newly-appointed vaccine advisory panel for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has wrapped up a two-day meeting in Atlanta with recommendations for this year’s immunization schedule ...