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

Recapping some of the most talked-about news this week from the nation and around the world – in case you missed it.

His recent statement endorsing the removal of preservatives, particularly thimerosal, from flu shots has stirred ...

U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. signed off on the recommendation from an expert panel ...

The US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, has banned the mercury based preservative thiomersal (known in the US as thimerosal) from all influenza vaccines distributed in the US. Justifying the ...

Banning vaccine ingredients without cause increases the perceived risk of vaccines,” one prominent health group said.