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ACIP's Thimerosal Vote: The Committee Has Lost Its Value to Medicine
Thimerosal, an ethyl-mercury based preservative, has been employed since the 1930s to keep multi-dose vials of vaccines safe ...
Mass. doctor questions CDC panel stance on thimerosal in flu vaccines
A CDC panel recommended against flu vaccines with thimerosal, a preservative falsely linked to autism. Experts warn the ...
What do flu vaccine standards mean?
U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s newly appointed Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) upheld ...
What is thimerosal? The rarely-used vaccine preservative targeted by RFK Jr
What is thimerosal? The rarely-used vaccine preservative targeted by RFK Jr - Thimerosal has long been considered safe by ...
RFK Jr.’s made promises about vaccines. Here’s what he’s done as health secretary
During his Senate confirmation hearings, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. suggested he wouldn’t undermine vaccines. “I ...
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Supreme Court rejects challenge to free preventive care, bolsters RFK Jr.’s power
The SCOTUS decision preserves free preventive health care and sets the stage for a bigger role for RFK Jr. in determining ...
Unusual pushback, ‘dangerous precedent’: What the first meeting of Kennedy’s CDC advisers reveals about the future of vaccines in America
A startling new vision of vaccination in America is becoming clearer — one likely to involve fresh scrutiny of established ...
Confused by changes in COVID and other vaccine policies? Here’s what you should know.
In recent weeks, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has begun to dismantle decades of vaccine safety ...
Kennedy’s vaccine panel met for the first time. Here’s what to know.
The meeting offered a glimpse into how the new Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will operate — and how federal vaccine policy is beginning to reflect Kennedy’s personal views.