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CDC vaccine advisory panel recommends against flu vaccines containing thimerosal
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), made up of members recently hand-selected by Health and Human ...
New CDC vaccine advisers endorse thimerosal-free flu vaccines, despite no evidence of harm from the preservative
A new slate of vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Thursday to recommend that ...
Anti-vaccine activist presents data to Kennedy's reshaped CDC advisory panel
The meeting included a discussion of thimerosal, a mercury-based preservative and longtime target of the anti-vaccine world.
Hiltzik: Contradicting RFK Jr., CDC says the COVID vaccine protects pregnant women, babies, and children
RFK Jr. turned the CDC's vaccine committee into an anti-vaccine panel, but it still heard evidence that his campaign against ...
CDC scientists push back on vaccine presentations casting doubt on immunization safety
At the start of an unprecedented meeting of vaccine committee of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the ...
The Anti-Vax Movement Solidifies Control of the CDC’s Vaccine Committee
In a series of votes Thursday, the CDC’s vaccine committee voted against the use of thimerosal, an ingredient that has long ...
Trump US CDC nominee backs vaccines as life-saving
U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee for director of the CDC was pulled into political contention over U.S. vaccine policy ...
New CDC vaccine advisers vote to recommend Merck RSV antibody protection for babies
A group of outside advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted 5-2 to recommend use of a new shot ...