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U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new vaccine advisers meet next week, but their agenda suggests they'll skip some expected topics — including a vote on COVID-19 shots — while taking up a ...
The Trump administration appears to be expanding RSV vaccinations to some adults starting at age 50 instead of 60.
The CDC's vaccine advisory committee voted to recommend annual flu vaccines but against flu shots containing the preservative thimerosal ...
A key vaccine policy advisory group is recommending the public not receive vaccines that have thimerosal, a ...
Thimerosal is an ingredient that helps keep vaccines pathogen free. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
ATLANTA — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new vaccine advisory committee backed another option to protect ...
The preservative is called Thimerosal, and it's included in just 4% of existing flu vaccines, used to help prevent ...
A CDC advisory panel voted 5–1 to recommend only flu vaccines without the preservative thimerosal, a mercury-containing ...
Although a flu shot doesn’t guarantee one won’t catch the flu, the vaccine still counts as one of the most effective ...
The meeting included a discussion of thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative and longtime target of the anti-vaccine world.
The CDC panel voted against an ingredient that the anti-vaccine movement has long targeted, while Arcadia was acquired by ...
Just 4% to 5% of flu vaccines used during the 2024-25 season were multi-dose, thimerosal-containing vaccines, Tracey Beth Høeg, a special adviser to the FDA commissioner, said during the meeting.