A physician breaks down why the U.S. has asked Gavi to remove thimerosal from vaccines and what the public health consequences are for the world.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An influential panel of CDC advisers is slated to vote on a little-used preservative called thimerosal -- a move that has left ...

Officials are going after metal-containing ingredients, including aluminum adjuvants. Here’s why vaccines need them ...

The US Department of Health and Human Services has adopted a recommendation to remove thimerosal from all influenza vaccines distributed in the United States, even though there is no clear evidence of ...

Thimerosal, a vaccine ingredient, has garnered attention after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ordered it removed it from all influenza vaccines on Wednesday. Health and Human ...

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A mercury-containing preservative should not be banned as an ingredient in vaccines, U.S. pediatricians said Monday, in a move that may be controversial. In its statement, the American Academy of ...

High levels of mercury are known to damage the nervous system and kidneys. In addition, studies in the Faroe Islands, the Seychelles, and Iraq showed that fetuses might be harmed when pregnant women ...

THIMEROSAL AND AUTISM....Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and thousands of distraught parents to the contrary, the evidence linking thimerosal to autism has never been very strong. Thimerosal is a mercury-based ...

Does the vaccine preservative thimerosal cause autism? Thimerosal is a mercury-containing compound that has been used since the 1930s as a preservative in vaccines. Why was thimerosal introduced into ...

Thimerosal: What to Know About the Vaccine Preservative From a Bygone Flu-Shot Debate The Trump administration’s vaccine advisers took up an old flu-shot debate: whether it’s time to wipe out the last ...