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US bans vaccine ingredient targeted by anti-vaxxers
UNITED STATES, JUL 24 – The new policy eliminates thimerosal from 4% to 5% of flu vaccines, fulfilling a decades-old pledge despite no evidence of harm, says Health Secretary Kennedy.
- On Wednesday, Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. officially endorsed a proposal to eliminate thimerosal from all flu vaccines distributed across the United States.
- Following a June vote by the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, newly appointed by Kennedy, it was recommended that single-dose, mercury-free flu vaccines be administered to pregnant women, children, and adults.
- The committee’s decision followed a briefing by the head of a vaccine-skeptical organization established by Kennedy, during ongoing discussions about the approximately 4% of flu vaccines administered in the U.S. last year that contained thimerosal as a preservative.
- Kennedy stated that the decision addresses a long-standing commitment to reduce mercury exposure among those most at risk, while critics such as Dr. Cody Meissner raised concerns that the change could decrease vaccine accessibility despite no proven harm from thimerosal.
- The policy now makes thimerosal-free vaccines federal health policy, potentially influencing insurance and state vaccination rules, and Kennedy urged global health authorities to consider similar measures.
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