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FILE PHOTO: HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks at a Make Oklahoma Healthy Again kickoff event

Health Jul 30

Ousted vaccine panel members say rigorous science is being abandoned under RFK Jr.

By Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

Health Jun 27

Nurses prepare influenza vaccine injections during a flu shot clinic in Boston
What is thimerosal? What the research says about the vaccine preservative under fire by RFK Jr.

Thimerosal has been at the heart of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s antivaccine activism for 20 years. Here’s what to know about the vaccine preservative and its removal from flu vaccines.

By Madison Czopek, PolitiFact

Health Jun 26

Male nurse filling syring for vaccination
What to know about thimerosal, vaccine preservative from bygone flu-shot debate

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.

By Associated Press

Health Jun 26

CDC advisory panel for vaccines convenes in Atlanta
RFK Jr.’s vaccine committee endorses flu shots, except those with preservative thimerosal

The Trump administration’s new vaccine advisers on Thursday endorsed this fall’s flu vaccinations for just about every American but threw in a twist: Only use certain shots free of an ingredient antivaccine groups have falsely tied to autism.

By Mike Stobbe, Lauren Neergaard, Associated Press

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