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FDA panel debates COVID vaccine recipe as questions swirl about fall shots
Government advisers are meeting Thursday to decide if COVID-19 vaccines need updating to improve protection this fall and ...
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 ...
COVID shots should target newer strains of JN.1 variant in 2025-26 campaign, US FDA advisers say
U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers unanimously recommended on Thursday that COVID-19 vaccines for the 2025-26 period ...
FDA panel says Covid vaccines can stay the same for fall amid access concerns
Complicating matters, however, were new FDA rules for the updated Covid vaccines, announced just days earlier, that would ...
US FDA advisers to weigh composition of COVID vaccines for 2025-2026
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration's advisory panel is set to vote on Thursday to recommend whether COVID-19 vaccines for ...
FDA Warns of Heart Risk With Pfizer, Moderna COVID Vaccines
The updated warnings highlight a rare risk of heart inflammation in teen boys and young men, CBS News reported. The warning ...
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 ...
FDA’s new approach to covid vaccines could have been way worse
Older adults can continue getting covid boosters, but not everyone who wants them can. You’re reading The Checkup With Dr.
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 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 ...
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 ...