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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 expands COVID vaccine warning about heart side effect risk for young males
The FDA is requiring COVID vaccine makers Pfizer and Moderna to update their warnings about the possible risk of myocarditis ...
FDA picks a new strain for fall Covid vaccines. Here's what it means for your next shot.
The FDA picked the LP.8.1 Covid strain for the fall vaccines, fueling concerns that the shots may be limited to only the most ...
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’s Surprising COVID Vaccine Change Impacts Millions—What You Need to Know
The FDA has updated COVID-19 vaccine regulations. Only people aged 65 and up, along with certain groups, will be eligible to ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
What the FDA’s new Covid vaccine policy is really about
It began in 2020 with a coordinated push to generate public backlash to lockdowns. The ultimate aim was restoring normalcy, ...
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 ...
The FDA may restrict COVID shots. Who will be able to get them?
The vaccine is expected to remain available for anyone who is at least 65 or who has a medical condition, leaving many ...
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 ...