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CDC committee moves to phase out controversial mercury ingredient from flu vaccines

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

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RFK Jr.’s Vaccine Panel Backs Only Mercury-Free Flu Shots

The overhauled US panel reviewing vaccine data is set to vote on a mercury-based compound and a common childhood vaccine one day after it announced plans to reconsider childhood vaccine schedules.

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New CDC vaccine advisers endorse thimerosal-free flu vaccines, despite no evidence of harm from the preservative

A new slate of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Thursday to recommend that Americans receive influenza vaccines that are free of thimerosal even though there is no evidence of harm from the preservative.

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What Is Thimerosal? Why Most Vaccines Don’t Contain Mercury Anymore

Thimerosal, which contains an organic compound of mercury, has mostly been phased out as a preservative for vaccines. Here’s ...

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What is Thimerosal, vaccine preservative called ‘toxic’ by US health chief?

Here’s what we know about the vaccine preservative and its removal from flu vaccines. Thimerosal is a mercury-based preservative used in some vaccines. Many people – particularly those who are ...

What to Know About the Vaccine Preservative Thimerosal

It is rarely included in vaccines in the United States. The flu shot was the sole routinely recommended vaccine to include ...

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What to know about thimerosal, a target of RFK Jr.’s new CDC vaccine advisers

The preservative thimerosal has been removed from all but a few vaccines, and studies have confirmed no link to ...

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What do flu vaccine standards mean?

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s newly appointed Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) upheld ...

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RFK Jr. appoints longtime anti-vaccine ally Lyn Redwood to HHS position

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has hired an anti-vaccine advocate and longtime ally to a position at the Health and ...

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Unusual pushback, ‘dangerous precedent’: What the first meeting of Kennedy’s CDC advisers reveals about the future of vaccines in America

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

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