Infectious disease specialist Monica Gandhi, MD examines recent claims about the safety of thimerosal, a preservative used in ...

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended against flu shots containing the ingredient thimerosal ...

The Trump administration’s vaccine advisers took 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 ...

Infants are not eligible to be vaccinated for the flu until they are 6 months old. In this large cohort study, flu vaccination during pregnancy was associated with a 44% reduction in influenza ...

Key Takeaways A vaccine panel voted to stop recommending flu shots with thimerosalThe preservative has long been a target of vaccine critics, despite research showing it’s safeExperts say the ...