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The mercury-based preservative thimerosal will be removed from all flu shots distributed in United States, Health and Human ...
The CDC says there is no evidence of harm from mercury-based thimerosal.
HHS announced on Wednesday that it has adopted a recommendation from a CDC committee to remove thimerosal from all influenza vaccines.
While few shots still contain thimerosal, the move eliminates a vaccine option for Americans and is a win for the ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention July 7 announced ( it is streamlining H5N1 bird flu updates with its routine ...
The vaccine panel hand-selected by health secretary and anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Thursday voted ...
Decades of research show the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal is safe in vaccines, but CDC's new advisory panel is ...
Taking aim at a longtime target of anti-vaccine activists, CDC advisors said Thursday that the U.S. should not administer influenza vaccines containing thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative ...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has merged H5N1 bird flu updates with routine updates for seasonal influenza, the agency's website showed on Monday. The number of people monitored ...
The CDC's vaccine advisory committee voted to recommend annual flu vaccines but against flu shots containing the preservative thimerosal ...
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 CDC ends its emergency response to H5N1 bird flu after recording 70 human cases and one death nationally, even as experts note seasonal patterns may increase fall cases.