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Vaccines for Children program

The maintenance of the Vaccines for Children program despite the removal of thimerosal from vaccines.

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Do any vaccines still contain mercury-based preservatives today?

A mercury-containing called (also spelled thiomersal) has been removed from most routine childhood vaccines since the early 2000s, but until recently it remained in a subset of multi-dose influenza va...

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What alternatives replaced mercury preservatives in vaccines?

, an ethyl‑mercury preservative used for decades in multi‑dose vaccine vials, was largely phased out of routine childhood vaccines beginning in 1999 and removed from most products through reformulatio...