The external committee advising the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy voted that all adults in the country receive a seasonal flu shot in single-dose forms that are ...

The CDC panel voted against an ingredient that the anti-vaccine movement has long targeted, while Arcadia was acquired by ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has ended its emergency response to the H5N1 avian flu. A spokesperson for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said that the emerg… ...

New CDC vaccine advisers endorse thimerosal-free flu vaccines, despite no evidence of harm from the preservative ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s newly revamped vaccine advisory panel voted on Thursday to recommend Americans receive seasonal influenza shots that are free from the mercury-based ...

The meeting included a discussion of thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative and longtime target of the anti-vaccine world.

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

Kennedy Jr. voted Thursday to effectively remove an ingredient from flu shots, achieving a longtime, controversial goal of anti-vaccine activists and illustrating how their priorities are becoming ...

CDC vaccine advisory committee recommends against flu vaccines containing thimerosal Opponents worry the decision will reduce access and fuel skepticism.

Lyn Redwood, a nurse practitioner who once led anti-vaccine organizations, presented on thimerosal in flu vaccines Thursday at a meeting of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

According to the CDC's most updated information, about 94% of flu vaccines distributed in the U.S. this season are thimerosal free or completely preservative free.

A new slate of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Thursday to recommend that Americans receive influenza vaccines that are free of thimerosal even though ...