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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 ...
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 ...
FDA sets new requirements for COVID vaccines in healthy adults and children
Federal health officials will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are ...
FDA requires Covid vaccine makers to expand warning about risk of rare heart inflammation
The US Food and Drug Administration will now require Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna to use expanded ...
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FDA advisory panel split on whether agency should require updates of Covid-19 vaccine
Some members of the Vaccines and Related Biologics Products Advisory Committee worried that a strain change would require new ...
F.D.A. Poised to Restrict Access to Covid Vaccines
Agency leaders said there was evidence to justify approval only for older people and those with medical conditions. Many ...
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 tightens requirements for COVID vaccine, adding trials for healthy adults
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday said it plans to require new clinical trials for approval of annual COVID-19 ...
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Therapy firm to pay in COVID vaccine religious-discrimination case
A rehab firm will pay a cash settlement to an occupational therapist it fired when the worker declined a COVID-19 vaccination ...
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COVID-19 booster eligibility may be changing. Michigan’s uptake was already low
Trump administration to restrict COVID vaccines to seniors and high-risk groups, pending more data for everyone else.