Decades of research show the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal is safe in vaccines, but CDC's new advisory panel is ...

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

Dr. Payal Kohli weighs in on the CDC’s new advisory panel voting against thimerosal in flu vaccines—despite years of safety ...

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 ...

Thimerosal, which contains an organic compound of mercury, has mostly been phased out as a preservative for vaccines. Here’s how we know it is safe and why we still use it in some vaccines given ...

Here’s how thimerosal got into vaccines, why it's being taken out, and what the latest recommendation could mean for next season’s flu shots. What is thimerosal?

The preservative thimerosal has been removed from all but a few vaccines, and studies have confirmed no link to neurodevelopmental issues including autism. So public health experts were puzzled ...

The Trump administration’s vaccine advisers are bringing up an old debate: whether it’s time to wipe out the last small fraction of those vaccines that contain a controversial preservative.

Thimerosal is a mercury-based preservative used in medications or vaccines that come in vials with more than one dose. Pharmaceutical companies have used thimerosal in vaccines since the 1930s.

Here are some things to know about the substance. What is thimerosal? Thimerosal is a preservative used in certain vaccines since the 1930s, as well as in some other medical products.