We have to admit to ourselves that America is deeply divided on the policy issue of repeat COVID-19 vaccine doses or boosters,” Dr. Vinay Prasad, FDA’s new highest-ranking vaccines official, recently stated in a video published by the agency.

The FDA’s new approach to boosters could mean that kids will no longer be able to get vaccinated against the disease to begin with.

Two weeks into his tenure leading the FDA’s biologics center, Vinay Prasad has made his mark with a new framework for approving future Covid-19 vaccines that he feels will counteract existing “dogma.”

The truth is that for most of that, for many Americans, we simply do not know the answer to whether or not they should be getting the seven or eight or nine or ten, as the current policy would have us,

A previous federal policy recommended an annual COVID shot for all Americans six months and older. Here is what the new proposal would be.

The US Food and Drug Administration will now require Covid-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna to use expanded warning labels with more information about the risk of a rare heart condition after vaccination.

We want to know more about what these products are doing,” said Dr. Vinay Prasad during a recent FDA livestreamed presentation. This statement comes amidst a significant shift in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) policy on Covid-19 booster shots.

Høeg has been skeptical of the safety and value of some vaccines and mandates, raising questions about her approach at the FDA.