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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 ...
FDA panel is split on updates to COVID shots as questions loom for fall vaccinations
Government vaccine advisers are meeting to decide if the recipe for COVID-19 vaccines needs updating for this fall and winter ...
FDA won’t approve COVID shot for healthy, non-elderly population
The Food and Drug Administration will no longer approve COVID-19 vaccines for healthy people under 65 without rigorous trials ...
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 ...
How the FDA Might Make It Harder to Get COVID Shots This Year
The U.S. government has not yet made its official recommendations for who should be able to get COVID booster shots this fall ...
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FDA gives Covid vaccine manufacturers instructions for next fall’s shot
Some members of the Vaccines and Related Biologics Products Advisory Committee worried that a strain change would require new ...
COVID shots should target newer strains of JN.1 variant in 2025-26 campaign, US FDA advisers say
Advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday unanimously voted in favor of recommending that COVID-19 ...
FDA to limit covid shot approval to 65+, those with medical conditions
The FDA will narrow its approval for updated coronavirus vaccines, marking a significant shift in the agency’s approach to ...
New Trump vaccine policy limits access to COVID shots
Federal health officials will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are ...
WA vaccine scientists push back against FDA changes around COVID shots
Seattle vaccine experts were confused by the country's apparent new direction around updated COVID-19 shots, which top FDA ...
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New COVID booster rules could limit shots for people under 65
Regulators will require more data showing the shots are safe and effective for healthy adults and children, by requiring ...