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FDA limits access to COVID-19 vaccine to older adults and other high-risk groups – a public health expert explains the new rules
On May 20, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration announced a new stance on who should receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The ...
WA vaccine scientists push back against FDA changes around COVID shots
Seattle vaccine experts were confused by the country's apparent new direction around updated COVID-19 shots, which top FDA ...
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FDA Will Prioritize COVID Vaccine Approval for 65 and Older and High Risk
The agency will require manufacturers to conduct randomized, controlled trials to secure approval for healthy Americans.
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FDA Officials Detail Plan to Limit COVID Shots
The FDA also gave full approval to the Novavax COVID vaccine (Nuvaxovid) using this approach, approving it for those ages 65 ...
COVID vaccine rollout for healthy kids and adults is likely delayed by a new FDA rule
The rollout of updated COVID vaccines for healthy children and adults is likely to be delayed after the Food and Drug ...
FDA may limit future Covid-19 shots to older people and those at risk of serious infection
The US Food and Drug Administration is changing the way it approves Covid-19 vaccines for Americans, a move that may limit ...
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FDA’s New Risk-Based Approach to COVID-19 Vaccines Aims to Ease ‘Public Distrust’: Makary, Prasad
The new framework was well-received by biopharma analysts, who say it “largely formalizes” current COVID-19 vaccination ...
Under RFK Jr., COVID shots will only be available to people 65+, high-risk groups
Under the control of anti-vaccine advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the Food and Drug Administration is unilaterally terminating universal access to seasonal COVID-19 vaccines; instead, only people who ...
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FDA Grants Narrow Approval of Novavax’s COVID Shot as Makary Teases Changes to Vaccine Approval Framework
The restrictions on Novavax's vaccine could portend changes at the FDA. Commissioner Marty Makary suggested last week that ...