RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisers raise disproven fears about the preservative thimerosal

New committee members Dr. Robert Malone, left, and Dr. Joseph Hibbeln during the first meeting of the CDC’s Advisory Committee On Immunization Practices at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine panel is adding new subcommittees to review the current childhood immunization schedule and examine shots that haven’t been studied in at least seven years, its chairman said Wednesday. Photographer: Ben Hendren/Bloomberg via Getty Images