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The ACIP is a federal advisory committee composed of medical and public health experts who make recommendations on the use of vaccines for adults and children in the US.

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 ...

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 ...

The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to ban thimerosal, a harmless preservative, in what critics say ...

Hand‑picked CDC panel endorses flu shots for all but recommends avoiding thimerosal vials—a win for skeptics that may affect ...

A new slate of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Thursday to recommend that ...

An infectious disease expert at the University of Minnesota uncovered a fake citation and errors just before they were presented Thursday to an influential federal panel considering safety concerns ...