Full CoverageWhat is thimerosal? What the research says about the vaccine preservative under fire by RFK Jr.
By Madison Czopek
Top news
‘I’m Not Quite Sure How to Respond to This Presentation’
By Daniel Engber
Kennedy’s advisers back flu vaccination, but not shots with a rarely used preservative thimerosal
By Mike Stobbe
RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers raise disproven fears about the preservative thimerosal : Shots - Health News
By Will Stone
For context
What is thimerosal, the flu vaccine ingredient targeted by RFK Jr.?
By Lauren Weber
Unusual pushback, ‘dangerous precedent’: What the first meeting of Kennedy’s CDC advisers reveals about the future of vaccines in America
By Brenda Goodman, Jamie Gumbrecht & Asuka Koda
What to Know About the Vaccine Preservative Thimerosal
By Teddy Rosenbluth
Posts on X
Formerly Twitter
Helen Branswell 🇨🇦
HelenBranswell
You can't make this stuff up.
Fortunately, my brilliant colleague @Jasonmmast, was around to explain to you all what happened at the first meeting of the new #ACIP. www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/cdc-acip-rfk-vaccines-public-health-policy-changes/
Posted on X
Helen Branswell 🇨🇦
HelenBranswell
The discussion and votes today by #ACIP on thimerosal and flu vaccines broke the mold of how the work of that committee has been conducted. And it likely foretells how the newly constituted ACIP — Kennedy's ACIP — will conduct itself in future. www.statnews.com/2025/06/26/rfk-jr-new-acip-panel-bans-thimerosal-in-flu-shots-preservative-long-a-target-of-antivax-activists/
Posted on X
Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon)
PeterHotez
Hiltzik: Contradicting RFK Jr., CDC says the COVID vaccine protects pregnant women, babies, and children, my comments with @hiltzikm @Yahoo @latimes www.yahoo.com/news/hiltzik-contradicting-rfk-jr-cdc-100000181.html
Posted on X
Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi
CongressmanRaja
Vaccines only protect kids when they're given correctly and on time.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s handpicked panel meddling with the childhood immunization schedule isn’t just irresponsible; it’s dangerous.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/06/25/rfk-jr-vaccine-panel-acip-meeting/
Posted on X
Opinion
Kennedy is making a mistake injecting politics into immunization policy
By Sheldon H. Jacobson
RFK Jr.’s vaccine panel toil and trouble
By David Horsey
All coverage
With Flu Shot Vote, Kennedy’s Vaccine Skepticism Comes Full Circle
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Trump’s former surgeon general raises concerns about vaccine panel overhauled by RFK Jr.
By Laura Santhanam, Geoff Bennett & Azhar Merchant
CDC vaccine advisory committee recommends against flu vaccines containing thimerosal
By Youri Benadjaoud, Mary Kekatos & Sony Salzman
RFK Jr. wins his fight against a rare, safe flu-shot ingredient
By Lena Sun & Lauren Weber
Kennedy’s vaccine panel met for the first time. Here’s what to know.
By Lauren Gardner & Sophia Gardner
RFK Jr's vaccine panel to review long-approved jabs for children
By Madeline Halpert
Anti-vaccine activist presents data to RFK Jr.'s reshaped CDC advisory panel
By Erika Edwards & Aria Bendix
Vaccine policy meeting: The essentials
By Katelyn K Jetelina
A preservative removed from childhood vaccines 20 years ago is still causing controversy today − a drug safety expert explains
By Terri Levien
HHS faces new accusations of presenting nonexistent research, adding to alarming pattern
By Steve Benen
RFK Jr.’s New Vaccine Advisers to Re-Examine Shot Advice for Children
By Liz Essley Whyte & Dominique Mosbergen
'More people are going to die': A former CDC official's warning as new vaccine advisory panel meets
By Simon Kaufman & Patrick Terpstra
Kennedy Appointees Vote Against Vaccine Ingredient
By Josh Nathan-kazis
MedPod Today: A New ACIP; Diabetes Meeting Update; USMLE Score Creep
By Rachael Robertson
RFK Jr.'s vaccine panel votes no on thimerosal. What is that and why is there controversy?
By Adrianna Rodriguez
RFK’s attack on children’s vaccines, explained
By Patrick Reis
RFK Jr.’s New Vaccine Panel Casts Doubt on Hepatitis B Shot at Birth
By Jessica McDonald & Kate Yandell
Press Review - US signals 'powerful shift' in vaccine policy as RFK Jr moves to change guidance
By Dheepthi Namasivayam
New RFK Jr.-Appointed CDC Vaccine Advisors To Vote On Thimerosal In Flu Shots. Here’s What You Need To Know About It
By Omer A Awan
RFK Jr.'s CDC vaccine panel will review long-approved shots as skeptics gain sway
By Annika Kim Constantino
Balkanization of vaccine policy raises concerns about vaccine uptake, insurance coverage, experts warn
By Helen Branswell
Vaccine Panel Gutted by Kennedy Loses a Member Ahead of First Meeting
By Apoorva Mandavilli
The plan to vaccinate all Americans, despite RFK Jr.
By Lena Sun & Rachel Roubein
Cassidy, in Break With Kennedy, Calls for Vaccine Meeting Delay
By Sheryl Gay Stolberg
Presentation for CDC advisers appears to cite nonexistent study to support claims about risk of vaccine preservative
By Meg Tirrell
Former leader of anti-vaccine group founded by RFK Jr. to present at first meeting of new CDC vaccine advisers
By Brenda Goodman & Meg Tirrell