The mercury-based preservative thimerosal will be removed from all flu shots distributed in United States, Health and Human ...

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Susan Monarez to lead the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, putting a longtime government scientist at the helm of an agency being upended by Health and ...

Doctors and infectious disease experts stress that flu vaccines are safe, and they are especially important for older adults ...

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommended that all healthy people ages 6 months and older be vaccinated against ...

Thimerosal is an ingredient that helps keep vaccines pathogen free. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a noted vaccine skeptic, has falsely stated the ingredient is a ...

Five pediatric flu deaths were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week, pushing the total to 266 ...

The action will remove from use the very few flu shots that contain the contested preservative, elevating unproven fears it ...

Health officials have reported 266 influenza-related pediatric deaths to the CDC for the 2024-25 season — the highest number of pediatric deaths in any non-H1N1 flu pandemic season since 2004. Ninety ...

U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has approved a major Centers for Disease Control & Prevention ...

The CDC said Thursday it is updating its recommendations for testing, treatment and protection for workers who may be exposed ...

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