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The United States will stop distributing all influenza vaccines that contain mercury-based preservative thimerosal, marking the latest move by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to ...

The U.S. will remove mercury from flu vaccines after a panel led by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted to address concerns over thimerosal, aiming to boost public trust in immunizations.

Scientists turn dental floss into a vaccine tool that protected mice from lethal flu and triggered widespread immune response.

The Department of Health and Human Services moved to eliminate thimerosal from flu shots in a victory for antivaccine activists who say the mercury-based preservative causes autism. A vaccine ...

RFK Jr. Affirms ACIP's Contentious Call to Pull Thimerosal From Flu Vaccines — Recommendation has provoked strong criticism from infectious disease experts ...

The mercury-based preservative thimerosal will be removed from all flu shots distributed in United States, Health and Human Services Director Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said.

The federal government is recommending flu vaccines remove the preservative thimerosal after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. officially adopted the recommendation of the CDC panel he remade.

CDC advisory panel votes 5-1-1 to remove mercury from flu shots Thimerosal phaseout effort began in 1999; this marks final step US joins Europe in eliminating thimerosal from all flu vaccines The ...

(NewsNation) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Wednesday accepted the recommendation to remove mercury-based preservative thimerosal from all influenza vaccines ...

The action will remove from use the very few flu shots that contain the contested preservative, elevating unproven fears it poses health risks.

During the meeting, ACIP members voted against recommending certain vaccines to contain thimerosal, despite widespread disapproval from the medical community. “After more than two decades of delay, ...