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What Is Thimerosal? Why Most Vaccines Don’t Contain Mercury Anymore
Thimerosal, which contains an organic compound of mercury, has mostly been phased out as a preservative for vaccines. Here’s ...
Why is thimerosal back on the CDC's agenda when it's barely in flu shots anymore?
Thimerosal is an ingredient that helps keep vaccines pathogen free. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
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GOP Embraces Psychedelics; Americans Making Their Own GLP-1s; WHO on Thimerosal
Many Americans who are too sick to work are worried they'll lose their insurance if the bill becomes law. (KFF Health News) ...
Is There Thimerosal in Vaccines, And Is It Safe? Here's What The Science Says
An expert committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccines is meeting for the first time ...
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Newly Formed CDC Advisory Committee Vote to Remove Thimerosal From Flu Vaccines
The ACIP is a federal advisory committee composed of medical and public health experts who make recommendations on the use of vaccines for adults and children in the US.
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 ...
Thimerosal: What to know about the vaccine preservative from a bygone flu-shot debate
The Trump administration's vaccine advisers are bringing up an old flu-shot debate: Whether it's time to wipe out the last ...
Thimerosal carries no health risks and is almost never used anyway. So why are anti-vaxxers obsessed with it?
There's no solid evidence that thimerosal harms children. It was removed from almost all vaccines more than 20 years ago out of an abundance of caution, but RFK Jr.'s hand-picked vaccine advisory ...