Background: Accurate estimation of the case-fatality (CF) rate, or the proportion of cases that die, is central to pandemic planning. While estimates of CF rates for past influenza pandemics have ...

A vaccine panel voted to stop recommending flu shots with thimerosal The preservative has long been a target of vaccine critics, despite research showing it’s safe Experts say the move may hurt ...

The Trump administration's vaccine advisers have brought 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.

CDC vaccine advisers to vote on thimerosal in flu shots at first meeting of new panel By Meg Tirrell, CNN Jun 18, 2025 Updated Jun 20, 2025 ...