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With vaccine approval process set to change, FDA advisers leave wiggle room in annual Covid-19 shot recommendations
A group of experts who advise the US Food and Drug Administration on its vaccine decisions voted unanimously Thursday to make ...
Trump FDA overhauls COVID-19 vaccine approval to focus on older populations, high-risk individuals
The FDA announced a policy shift for COVID-19 vaccine approvals to focus on Americans considered high-risk of contracting the ...
FDA may limit future Covid-19 shots to older people and those at risk of serious infection
The US Food and Drug Administration is changing the way it approves Covid-19 vaccines for Americans, a move that may limit ...
FDA Plans to Limit COVID-19 Vaccines to High-Risk Groups
In an editorial article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Vinay Prasad, the newly appointed head of the ...
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Pa. Rep. aims to make highly debated COVID-19 drug available over-the-counter
A Pennsylvania Representative is looking to make an anti-parasite medication into an over-the-counter drug. Ivermectin, also ...
FDA limits access to COVID-19 vaccine to older adults and other high-risk groups – a public health expert explains the new rules
The FDA’s new framework for COVID-19 vaccines breaks from established procedure for how the government establishes vaccine ...
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FDA tells vaccine makers to expand warning labels on COVID-19 shots
The FDA has told vaccine manufacturers to expand the warning labels on their COVID-19 shots with more information about the ...
FDA Updates COVID-19 Vaccine Regulations—Here’s What to Know
The FDA has updated COVID-19 vaccine regulations. Only people aged 65 and up, along with certain groups, will be eligible to receive booster shots. FDA officials are asking for more data around the ...
FDA will approve COVID-19 vaccine only for older adults and high-risk groups – a public health expert explains the new rules
The agency said it would approve new versions of the vaccine only for adults 65 years of age and older as well as for people with one or more risk factors for severe COVID-19 outcomes. These risk ...
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Who can get updated COVID vaccines this fall? FDA will OK for high-risk groups, calls for new clinical trials
The Food and Drug Administration says it has decided to continue approving COVID-19 vaccine updates for seniors and others at higher risk of severe disease, but will require vaccine makers to ...
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Five burning questions on the FDA’s new Covid-19 vaccine framework
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary promised stakeholders last week that the agency’s new Covid-19 vaccine ...
FDA requires COVID-19 vaccine makers to warn about risk of heart inflammation
FDA now requires Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines to carry expanded warning labels about risks of myocarditis and pericarditis ...