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

CDC advisory committee recommends thimerosal-free influenza vaccines for all adults and children, despite claims that the mercury-based preservative poses no health risks.

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

If the CDC adopts the recommendation, it will mark one of the first major changes in federal vaccine guidance and access as ...

The CDC's vaccine advisory committee voted to recommend annual flu vaccines but against flu shots containing the preservative thimerosal ...