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 ...

Robert Kennedy Jr. signs recommendation eliminating mercury-based thimerosal from influenza vaccines, fulfilling anti-vaccine advocacy despite FDA safety data.

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

Vaccines are one of the greatest public health successes of modern medicine. From smallpox to polio to measles, vaccines have ...

It comes weeks after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. Preventive Service Task Force, which requires coverage for ...

ALPENA — Local health department officials say that mercury-based preservatives used in influenza immunizations do not affect long-term health, especially in children. U.S. Health and Human Services ...

Burns' position was noted in an April memo from CDC chief of staff Matt Buzzelli that was obtained by MedPage Today editor-in ...

Science does not support aluminum as a culprit of autism. Yet RFK Jr. and his associates continue to find ways to support the ...

People around the world apparently feel that they are living better lives than they have in years and are more hopeful for ...