The controversial preservative thimerosal will be stripped from all flu vaccines distributed in the United States.

Mercury, the element, is no longer used in thermometers, but it remains at the center of a decades-long debate over vaccine ...

Health experts told MedPage Today the view that all synthetic chemicals should be avoided is inaccurate -- and dangerous. For ...

Dr. Buddy Creech, the Director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program, said both the use of heavy metals in vaccines and ...

Unlike thimerasol, only used in a small percentage of flu jabs, many types of vaccines contain aluminum. This means that ...