How the FDA Might Make It Harder to Get COVID Shots This Year

Trump's FDA Has Axed COVID Boosters For Most People — And Medical Experts Are Deeply Worried

The vaccine eligibility change is a threat to the health of Americans, some experts say, adding that the FDA is not being forthcoming about its research.

How the FDA Might Make It Harder to Get COVID Shots This Year

The U.S. government has not yet made its official recommendations for who should be able to get COVID booster shots this fall, but FDA officials published a policy position in the New England Journal of Medicine announcing that it intends to make some drastic policy changes.

FDA Panel is Split on Updates to COVID Shots as Questions Loom for Fall Vaccinations

Get latest articles and stories on World at LatestLY. Government advisers were split Thursday on whether drugmakers need to update their COVID-19 vaccines for next season, a decision overshadowed by confusion over a new Trump administration policy that may limit which Americans can get the shots. World News | FDA Panel is Split on Updates to COVID Shots as Questions Loom for Fall Vaccinations.

FDA Has Changed Covid Vaccine Policy, Some Fear Decreased Access & Uptake

ProfessionalStudioImages/E+/Getty ImagesEarlier this week, the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) — under the auspices of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) — announced that it will be drastically pulling back on recommending seasonal vaccination for COVID-19. Until now, annual vaccination was recommended for all Americans six months and older to be better protected from COVID-19 variants. Now, in a paper published in The New Englan…

MacDonald: Trump's FDA Adopts Very Un-Antivaxxer Priorities

You’ll have by now learned that the FDA no longer recommends boosters for the Chinese Virus to anyone under 64 or younger unless they fit an immunocompromised profile. Or that before it can begin to consider that injection for anyone else, manufacturers will have to prove a clinical benefit. You can’t just say it’s safe ... Read more Source

FDA to Limit Access to COVID Vaccines—What This Means For You

Luis Alvarez / Getty ImagesThe FDA is changing how it will approve COVID boosters for healthy Americans under 65.The FDA will now require clinical trials to approve boosters for this low-risk group, making it unlikely the shots will reach the market.Boosters will still be available for older adults and those with health risk factors.The majority of Americans may be ineligible for a COVID booster shot this year, according to new guidelines from t…