The US Department of Health and Human Services has adopted a recommendation to remove a preservative called thimerosal from ...

CDC advisory committee recommends thimerosal-free influenza vaccines for all adults and children, despite claims that the mercury-based preservative poses no health risks.

US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. plans to remove the expert advisers who make up a federal panel ...

Vaccines are one of the greatest public health successes of modern medicine. From smallpox to polio to measles, vaccines have ...

U.S. health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s changes to federal vaccine policy are prompting medical organizations and ...

After more than two decades of delay, this action fulfills a long-overdue promise to protect our most vulnerable populations from unnecessary mercury exposure,” HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., s ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. formally accepted recommendations that would require all vaccine manufacturers to ...

The federal government is filled with scientific advisory committees of one sort or another. The typical purpose is to ...

The new guidance on vaccines, such as those that protect against COVID-19, influenza, and RSV, will be released by the end of the summer, ahead of respiratory season.

Dozens of pediatricians came to Capitol Hill seeking continued access to routine shots for kids, a month after the Trump ...

When HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed all 17 members of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices ...

The ACIP is a federal advisory committee composed of medical and public health experts who make recommendations on the use of vaccines for adults and children in the US.