We cannot ignore or deny the fact that small-scale mining is a significant contributor to the economic and social well-being of many people and households in rural, remote, and poor communities in ...

As school starts up again, it is inevitable that kids will pass around lots of viruses, including influenza. Influenza (often called “the flu”) is a very contagious respiratory virus which causes ...

In a sweeping move to eliminate mercury exposure from vaccines, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has formally banned thimerosal, a mercury-based ...

Mercury, the element, is no longer used in thermometers, but it remains at the center of a decades-long debate over vaccine safety, despite the science being crystal clear. At the heart of this ...

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Make America Healthy Again campaign seeks to reduce child exposure to toxic metals. As a pediatrician, I fully support that goal. The EPA ...

Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr., testifies during a House Energy and Commerce Committee, Tuesday, June 24, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) Credit: Mariam ...

The Trump administration’s new vaccine advisers endorsed this fall’s flu vaccines late last week, but only those that don’t contain the ingredient thimerosal, which has been falsely linked to autism, ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - A majority of Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s picks for CDC vaccine advisers voted to endorse flu vaccines for the fall, but only those without the preservative thimerosal. Anti-vaccine ...

I have often wondered how civilizations slide backward, turn their backs, and discard scientific and technological achievements. Is it all at once, is it by dribs and drabs, or is it by default when ...

Everyday Health quotes Thomas Russo in an article about concerns about and possible bans of thimerosal-containing vaccines. Since thimerosal (a type of ethyl-mercury) is found in only a small number ...