US EditionWhat to Know About Thimerosal, a Target of RFK Jr.’s New CDC Vaccine Advisers
- A U.S. expert panel on vaccines convened on June 25-26, 2025, to review and vote on vaccine guidelines, including proposals related to the use of thimerosal.
- This meeting followed Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s June 11 replacement of all 17 ACIP members with eight new appointees, many critical of vaccines.
- Thimerosal is a mercury-containing preservative, largely removed from childhood vaccines since the early 2000s, though used in some flu vaccines primarily for adults.
- Despite fears, over 200 studies and agencies like the CDC and FDA found no link between thimerosal and autism, with 94 percent of flu shots thimerosal-free this season.
- The panel's review and vote on thimerosal highlight ongoing controversy, with public health experts warning that politicization risks undermining confidence in vaccine safety.
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CDC vaccine advisory committee recommends against flu vaccines containing thimerosal
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), made up of members recently hand-selected by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., voted 5-1 on Thursday to recommend against flu vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal. One committee member, Vicky Pebsworth, abstained on each vote. A few moments before, the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee voted 6-0 to recommend al…
Broomfield Enterprise
Kennedy’s vaccine committee endorses preservative-free fall flu shots
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Whittier Daily News
Kennedy’s vaccine committee to vote on flu vaccines and controversial preservative thimerosal
By MIKE STOBBE and LAURAN NEERGAARD ATLANTA (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisory committee backed another option to protect infants against a dangerous virus — before turning to questions about fall flu vaccines and a preservative in a small fraction of them that some antivaccine groups have falsely tied to autism. Related Articles Trump officials will give their first classified briefing to Con…
Medical Xpress
Thimerosal: What to know about the preservative from a bygone flu-shot debate
The Trump administration's vaccine advisers are bringing up an old flu-shot debate: whether it's time to wipe out the last small fraction of those vaccines that contain a controversial preservative called thimerosal.
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