Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to change how COVID vaccines and other shots are approved and administered. The memo, which was written by FDA chief medical and scientific officer Vinay ...
The Food and Drug Administration is shifting its annual COVID-19 vaccine approval policies to focus on Americans older than age 65 and other "high-risk" individuals, while increasing the standard of ...
A week of fast-moving developments has left some with questions about access to the COVID-19 vaccine. While experts and officials say the new federal guidance surrounding COVID vaccine authorization ...
In the past two weeks, U.S. public health authorities have skirted normal procedures and announced two major policy changes that will likely reduce access to COVID-19 vaccines and restrict use to ...
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been updated to reflect changes to US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention immunization schedules. The US Department of Health and Human Services, under Secretary ...
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