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The rise in vaccine-preventable diseases around the world is threatening decades of progress in public health and putting ...

Mercury, the element, is no longer used in thermometers, but it remains at the center of a decades-long debate over vaccine ...

Dr. Buddy Creech, the Director of the Vanderbilt Vaccine Research Program, said both the use of heavy metals in vaccines and ...

Kathryn Edwards, MD, professor emeritus at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee, and a former member ...

Is there a real link between thimerosal in vaccines and autism? Here's what Indian parents should know about mercury-based ...

The change won't affect most people seeking the flu vaccine because thimerosal is not added to single-dose vials; it's added only to multidose vials to prevent bacteria from growing. The HHS secretary ...

Thimerosal, a mercury-containing preservative, has been used in multi-dose vaccine vials since the 1930s to prevent contamination. While concerns abou ...

A large new study by Danish researchers found no definitive link between aluminum used in vaccines and autism risk.

Brian Hooker, chief scientific officer with the Children's Health Defense, claimed that after visiting patients who had ...

Experts in vaccines and vaccination—including pediatricians—work together throughout the year to update the Recommended Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule for ages 18 years or younger.

The study, published Monday in the Annals of Internal Medicine, found no evidence linking aluminum exposure from vaccines to any increase in chronic conditions such as asthma, autism, or ...