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

A CDC advisory panel vote to recommend against use of seasonal influenza vaccines containing small amounts of thimerosal ...

Thimerosal is an organomercury preservative used in vaccines and other biological products, distinguished by its rapid ...

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

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended against flu shots containing the ingredient thimerosal. Why is the additive, safely used since the 1930s, being questioned again?

The ACIP is a federal advisory committee composed of medical and public health experts who make recommendations on the use of vaccines for adults and children in the US.

Thimerosal, an ethyl-mercury based preservative, has been employed since the 1930s to keep multi-dose vials of vaccines safe and free of contamination.