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The mercury-based preservative was removed from most vaccines in 2001. Should it still be a concern today?

Experts call decision that found health secretary has power to convene key panel ‘classic good news, bad news’

The Department of Health and Human Services under Robert F

The Bangor Fire Department is now charging nursing homes $550 every time they request help in lifting a senior who has fallen

A vaccine panel appointed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. voted against recommending influenza vaccinations containing the preservative thimerosal, an agent that Kennedy himself and many anti-vaccination activists have long advocated against.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' vote ratifies unscientific claims linking a vaccine preservative to autism.

Decision to restrict thimerosal in immunizations could impact future vaccine availability on a global scale

A key vaccine policy advisory group is recommending the public not receive vaccines that have thimerosal, a mercury-containing preservative.

ANALYSIS: Jake Scott says the evidence on vaccine safety is clear and publicly available

Move comes after health secretary replaced advisory board with ideological allies and several vaccine skeptics

In the four months since he began serving as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has made many public statements about vaccines that have cast doubt on their safety and on the objectivity of long-standing processes established to evaluate them.