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The F.D.A. May Restrict Covid Shots. Who Will Be Able to Get Them?
Historically, almost everyone has been eligible for Covid vaccines; the C.D.C. recommended the most recent vaccine for all ...
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 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 shots to those over 65 or with high-risk conditions
Previously, updated COVID vaccines had been recommended annually by the CDC for everyone over the age of 6 months. The CDC ...
COVID shots should target newer strains of JN.1 variant, 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 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 ...
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 a broad recommendation about which lineage of the coronavirus should be ...
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 ...
US officials delayed warning public about heart inflammation risk from COVID shot: report
U.S. health officials knew about the risks of myocarditis from COVID-19 vaccines but downplayed the concern and delayed ...
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 ...
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 ...