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A CDC panel recommended against flu vaccines with thimerosal, a preservative falsely linked to autism. Experts warn the decision may raise vaccine costs unnecessarily.
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisory committee endorsed fall flu vaccinations Thursday for just about every American but with a twist: The group says people should ...
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy’s new vaccine advisory committee is meeting for a second day in a row. On Thursday, the committee is discussing fall flu vaccines and thimerosal, a ...
COVID-19 remains a public health threat, resulting in 32,000 to 51,000 U.S. deaths and more than 250,000 hospitalizations since last fall, according to the CDC.
The Trump administration's vaccine advisers are bringing up an old flu-shot debate: Whether it's time to wipe out the last small fraction of those vaccines that contain a controversial preservative.
The CDC's new panel of vaccine advisers will hear a presentation on thimerosal in flu vaccines from a former leader of Children's Health Defense, an anti-vaccine group founded by HHS Secretary ...