"This is a very clear effort to shine a light on this anti-vaccine trope: that thimerosal is somehow dangerous.” ...

And this time, it’s not just fringe actors fanning the flames. It’s policymakers. It’s media personalities. It’s individuals ...

Thimerosal has been at the heart of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s antivaccine activism for 20 ...

RFK Jr. has long linked thimerosal to autism – a connection that extensive scientific research has thoroughly debunked.

A CDC advisory panel voted 5–1 to recommend only flu vaccines without the preservative thimerosal, a mercury-containing ...

Hear what ACSH's Dr. Josh Bloom, Dr. Chuck Dinerstein and Dr. Henry Miller have to say about the falsehoods of thimerosal claims in regards to vaccine safety, and perhaps the unintended consequences ...

The mercury-based preservative has come under fire from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and health secretary ...

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.

The Trump administration’s new vaccine advisers endorsed this fall's flu vaccines late last week, but only those that don't ...

It’s a question laid to rest years ago, as studies showed no evidence that the preservative causes any health problems.

Taking aim at a longtime target of anti-vaccine activists, CDC advisors said Thursday that the U.S. should not administer ...

Thimerosal was removed from most vaccines – including all childhood vaccines – as of 2001, the CDC said. Thimerosal is still used in vaccines today, but not as widely.