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Who can get updated COVID vaccines this fall? FDA will OK for high-risk groups, calls for new clinical trials
"The FDA will approve vaccines for high-risk persons and, at the same time, demand robust, gold-standard data on persons 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 ...
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 Plans to Limit COVID-19 Vaccines to High-Risk Groups
In an editorial article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Vinay Prasad, the newly appointed head of the ...
FDA announces change to future Covid-19 vaccine approvals that will limit fall boosters
The US Food and Drug Administration is changing the way it approves Covid-19 vaccines for Americans. The agency is changing ...
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Vaccine may treat cocaine addiction by blocking drug's entry to brain
A vaccine that helps people overcome cocaine addiction has shown signs of being safe and effective in a small trial ...
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FDA Officials Lay Out New COVID Vaccine Framework
The FDA also gave full approval to the Novavax COVID vaccine (Nuvaxovid) using this approach, approving it for those ages 65 ...
FDA will limit COVID-19 vaccine to those over 65 or at high risk
The Trump administration announced Tuesday that going forward, COVID-19 vaccines would be FDA-approved only for people over ...
FDA Changes May Limit COVID Vaccine Access—Drawing Some Criticism. Here’s What We Know
The change marks a shift in the Food and Drug Administration’s policy on approving COVID-19 vaccines, which the new ...
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FDA will limit Covid vaccines to people over 65 or at high risk of serious illness, leaders say
The FDA announced it will limit access to Covid-19 vaccines going forward to people 65 and older and others at high risk of ...
The FDA is making it more difficult for Americans to get vaccinated for covid
In the NEJM article, the FDA notes that covid booster uptake has been low in the US, with less than a quarter of people ...