From the “Browne Report”
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently signed a recommendation from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), which he had recently overhauled, to remove the mercury based preservative thimerosal from all influenza vaccines distributed in the United States. Following a 5-1 vote by the newly appointed ACIP, a long standing goal of addressing the harmful effects of thimerosal was finally realized.