CHICAGO — A new study from Italy adds to a mountain of evidence that a mercury-based preservative once used in many vaccines doesn't hurt children, offering more reassurance to parents. In the early ...

Thimerosal, a vaccine ingredient, has garnered attention after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ordered it removed it from all influenza vaccines on Wednesday. Health and Human ...

July 23 (UPI) --The mercury-based preservative thimerosal will be removed from all flu shots distributed in the United States, Health and Human Services Director Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Wednesday.

Thimerosal is present in about 4% of influenza vaccines in 2025. It was mostly removed from vaccines after a 1999 FDA order to do so, following years of concern from anti-vaccine critics who called ...

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On Tuesday, July 23, 2025, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signed a commitment to remove the mercury-based preservative, thimerosal, from all influenza vaccines distributed ...

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A CDC advisory committee voted 5-1 on Thursday to recommend only single-dose formulations of flu shots that do not contain the preservative thimerosal. The vote follows a shakeup of the Advisory ...

The preservative thimerosal started Robert F. Kennedy Jr. down the path of questioning vaccine safety. A panel of experts he appointed will no longer recommend annual flu shots that contain it. By ...