FDA plans to limit COVID vaccine to only high-risk people
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Since 2023, federal health officials have recommended an annual COVID-19 shot for most people, and vaccine makers have not needed to conduct additional tests on each year’s updated vaccine. It's similar to the way the annual flu shot is updated to target the newest influenza strains,
“I don’t see how your conscience allow that.” Supporters of continued Covid-19 boosters often draw parallels to annual flu shots. But Mr Makary and Dr Prasad pushed back on that ...
The Food and Drug Administration is shifting its annual COVID-19 vaccine approval policies to focus on Americans older than age 65 and other "high-risk" individuals, while increasing the standard ...
About 74 percent of adults have at least one condition that puts them at higher risk of severe illness from covid-19, according to the CDC. Prasad recently replaced Peter Marks, an architect of ...
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has issued a long-awaited approval of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine but with unusual restrictions. Novavax makes the nation’s only traditional ...