CDC advisory panel, selected by RFK Jr., recommends thimerosal be dropped from flu vaccines
A CDC advisory panel has recommended that the preservative thimerosal be dropped from flu vaccines, a largely symbolic move but one that could sow doubts about safety.
A federal vaccine advisory panel, which health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently stacked with handpicked members, recommended on Thursday that Americans should not receive flu vaccines containing the preservative thimerosal.
The votes — there were three related to the topic — reflected new members’ concerns about safety issues tied to the preservative, despite numerous studies conducted over the past quarter-century that have found no such issues.
