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

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 ...

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 ...

New vaccine advisers endorse this fall’s flu vaccinations for just about every American but throw in a twist: Only use certain shots free of thimerosal.

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The committee is meeting for the first since Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abruptly dismissed all 17 members and replaced them with a ...

New CDC advisers will skip some expected topics and explore a target of antivaccine activists They will take up a longtime target of anti-vaccine groups: the preservative thimerosal in flu vaccines ...