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Healthy Returns: What to know about a CDC vaccine panel's votes against a mercury preservative in flu shots
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If Thimerosal Is Safe, Why Is It Being Removed From Vaccines?
"This is a very clear effort to shine a light on this anti-vaccine trope: that thimerosal is somehow dangerous.” ...
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 ...
RFK Jr.'s vaccine committee votes against rarely used flu shot preservative, backs new RSV shot
The votes on vaccine recommendations are the first move by the panel after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F.
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What is thimerosal, and why did RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel just vote against it?
The preservative is in a small share of flu shots and has been studied for decades. Experts say it’s safe — despite Kennedy’s long opposition.
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 ...