RFK Jr to remove preservative thimerosal from all US vaccines

Anti-vaccine campaigns have targeted thimerosal for decades despite no evidence of ingredient causing harmRobert F Kennedy Jr, the US health secretary, will formally require vaccine makers to remove thimerosal from vaccines.The ingredient has been the target of anti-vaccine campaigns and misinformation for decades. Arguments against the preservative culminated in June, when a key federal vaccine advisory panel, remade with Kennedy’s ideological allies, recommended against the preservative. Continue reading...

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