Fact checked by Jennifer Klump An advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently voted ...

Thimerosal, which contains an organic compound of mercury, has mostly been phased out as a preservative for vaccines. Here’s how we know it is safe and why we still use it in some vaccines given to ad ...

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

Health experts were shocked to see that thimerosal, a preservative that has largely been phased out of U.S. vaccines, was on ...

Thimerosal is an organomercury preservative used in vaccines and other biological products, distinguished by its rapid ...

Infectious disease specialist Monica Gandhi, MD examines recent claims about the safety of thimerosal, a preservative used in ...

Dr. Payal Kohli weighs in on the CDC’s new advisory panel voting against thimerosal in flu vaccines—despite years of safety ...

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

The federal government could soon recommend that people only receive flu shots made without an ingredient called thimerosal.

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 ...

The preservative is in a small share of flu shots and has been studied for decades. Experts say it’s safe — despite Kennedy’s long opposition.

The preservative thimerosal has been removed from all but a few vaccines, and studies have confirmed no link to neurodevelopmental issues including autism. So public health experts were puzzled ...