Thimerosal is a mercury-based preservative that prevents bacteria and fungal growth in multi-dose influenza vaccine vials. Thimerosal was removed from most vaccines, including all childhood vaccines, ...

A CDC advisory committee voted 5-1 on Thursday to recommend only single-dose formulations of flu shots that do not contain the preservative thimerosal. The vote follows a shakeup of the Advisory ...

A preservative used in a small number of flu shots has come under fire from RFK Jr. and the committee that helps decide which vaccines Americans should get. The Advisory Committee on Immunization ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has adopted a recommendation to remove thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative, from all influenza vaccines in the United States. An advisory panel ...

A syringe is injected into a vial against blue background Senior Correspondent There's a newly appointed panel of experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), freshly chosen ...

The Trump administration's vaccine advisers took up an old flu-shot debate: whether it's time to wipe out the last small fraction of those vaccines that contain a controversial preservative called ...

An expert outlines three things to know about thimerosal safety and why this vaccine ingredient is controversial. Image credit: Luis Velasco/Stocksy. The United States Department of Health and Human ...

Thimerosal (also called thiomersal or merthiolate) is a compound that contains a type of mercury called ethylmercury. Vaccine makers have used it since the 1930s to stop bacteria and fungi from ...

The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is set to vote later this week on the issue of thimerosal in flu vaccines. All eight members of the committee, many of whom have spoken out ...

There's a newly appointed panel of experts at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), freshly chosen by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Called the Advisory Committee on ...