Thimerosal, which contains an organic compound of mercury, has mostly been phased out as a preservative for vaccines. Here’s how we know it is safe and why we still use it in some vaccines given to ad ...

Fact checked by Jennifer Klump An advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently voted ...

Thimerosal is an organomercury preservative used in vaccines and other biological products, distinguished by its rapid ...

Health experts were shocked to see that thimerosal, a preservative that has largely been phased out of U.S. vaccines, was on ...

Thimerosal is an ingredient that helps keep vaccines pathogen free. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Infectious disease specialist Monica Gandhi, MD examines recent claims about the safety of thimerosal, a preservative used in ...

The Trump administration’s vaccine advisers are bringing up an old flu-shot debate: whether it’s time to wipe out the last small fraction of those vaccines that contain a controversial preservative ...

This administration claims to care about child toxic exposures on the one hand, but it is working to actually increase toxic pollution on the other.

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.

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended against flu shots containing the ingredient 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 panel voted against an ingredient that the anti-vaccine movement has long targeted, while Arcadia was acquired by ...