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University of Pittsburgh School of Public Health scientists report that seasonal influenza vaccination prevented 32.9% to ...
The flu vaccine is not free for babies and children unless they meet certain criteria for being at higher risk of serious ...
Decades of research show the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal is safe in vaccines, but CDC's new advisory panel is ...
Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended against flu shots containing the ingredient thimerosal ...
Moderna said its experimental mRNA-based flu vaccine produced a stronger immune response than a currently available shot for the virus in a late-stage trial.
The preservative thimerosal started Robert F. Kennedy Jr. down the path of questioning vaccine safety. A panel of experts he appointed will no longer recommend annual flu shots that contain it.
The effective removal of thimerosal from influenza vaccines would have limited impact, but it illustrates how the anti-vaccine movement is achieving its goals.
Thimerosal is an ingredient that helps keep vaccines pathogen free. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Moderna said on Wednesday it has withdrawn an application seeking approval for its flu and COVID combination vaccine candidate to wait for efficacy data from a late-stage trial of its influenza ...
New York's flu vaccination rate is historically about 50%, but rising vaccine hesitancy and misinformation has fueled declines in uptake of the flu shot in recent years. The current flu season saw ...
Vaccine experts who are not involved in the project said universal flu and coronavirus vaccines are a worthy goal, but they questioned whether this project could produce one.