STAT+: HHS orders thimerosal out of all flu vaccines

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No more thimerosal

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. formally accepted recommendations that would eliminate thimerosal from the remaining 4% of flu vaccines that still contain the mercury-based preservative, Helen Branswell writes.

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