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RFK Jr.'s FDA officials overrode career staff to limit COVID shots
The FDA's Dr. Vinay Prasad said that he disagreed with the agency's career vaccine reviewers about COVID shot approvals.
FDA vaccine official restricted COVID vaccine approvals against the advice of agency staff
The new memos from the Food and Drug Administration show how the agency’s vaccine chief, Dr. Vinay Prasad, personally ...
Top FDA vaccine official rejected broad use of Covid-19 shots, documents show
The US Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official overrode agency experts in May to recommend against the broad use ...
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Top FDA vaccine official rejected broad use of Covid-19 shots, documents show - CNN
The US Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official overrode agency experts in May to recommend against the broad use of two Covid-19 vaccines, newly released documents show.
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FDA to expand COVID vaccine warning labels regarding heart side effects - The Hill
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is now requiring two common COVID-19 vaccines to update their warning labels to include information on two rare heart side effects: myocarditis and pericarditis.
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How full FDA approval could pave the way for COVID-19 vaccine mandates - National Geographic
FDA approval of the COVID-19 vaccines, then, could spur more people to get vaccinated, potentially driving the U.S. ever closer to its herd immunity threshold: when as much as 80 percent of the ...
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FDA expands approval of Moderna's RSV vaccine to some adults under age 60
Moderna's RSV vaccine is based on mRNA technology, which some of the new members have expressed skepticism about, especially in relation to COVID-19 vaccines. Despite availability, RSV vaccination ...