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RFK Jr.’s CDC panel ditches some flu shots based on anti-vaccine junk data Flu shots with thimerosal abandoned, despite decades of data showing they're safe.
And roughly 96 percent of all flu shots in the United States were thimerosal-free during the last influenza season, according to data from the C.D.C.
Hand‑picked CDC panel endorses flu shots for all but recommends avoiding thimerosal vials—a win for skeptics that may affect cost and trust.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s revamped ACIP has struck its first blow against vaccines, recommending against the use of a common preservative in flu shots.
Novavax's experimental COVID-19-influenza combination and standalone influenza vaccines generated a strong immune response in adults aged 65 and older, similar to already approved shots against ...
The Trump administration’s vaccine advisers took 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 ...
ATLANTA — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy's new vaccine advisory committee returned to work Thursday, and the panel may vote on proposals about fall flu vaccines and a preservative ...
The votes on vaccine recommendations are the first move by the panel after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. replaced all its members.
The Trump administration’s new vaccine advisers endorsed this fall’s flu vaccines for just about every American but threw in a twist: Only use certain shots free of an ingredient antivaccine ...
Thimerosal: What to know about the preservative from a bygone flu-shot debate Questions about thimerosal were raised in the late 1990s because it contains a form of mercury, it’s not the same as ...