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With COVID-19 cases on the rise, shifting federal guidelines spark widespread confusion over vaccine eligibility
The uncertainty surrounds who will be able to get updated vaccines in coming months – shots created to protect against more ...
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COVID Vaccine Confusion: New and Conflicting Federal Policies Raise Questions
Moderna announced July 10 that the FDA had fully approved its Spikevax COVID vaccine for kids ages 6 months through 11 years ...
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HHS Freezes Vaxart’s Oral COVID-19 Vaccine, Again
The stop order came on Aug. 5, the same day Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. terminated 22 mRNA vaccine projects under ...
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FDA may not renew Pfizer's pediatric COVID shot authorization, prompting potential complication for child vaccinations this fall
Shortly after that, the CDC overhauled its vaccine recommendations in COVID, nixing its endorsement of the shots for pregnant women and healthy children. At the time, RFK Jr. said he “couldn’t be more ...
Why young children may not get COVID shots this fall
This fall, it may not be possible for many parents to have a healthy child younger than age 5 immunized against COVID.
How Trump administration views on mRNA vaccines changed from 1st to 2nd term
Six months into Donald Trump’s second term, his administration is at war with the federal judiciary, evading court orders ...
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RFK Jr. is canceling mRNA vaccine development. Can I still get a COVID vaccine?
Messenger RNA, or mRNA, is used in the two most common COVID-19 vaccines licensed in the United States. Kennedy’s announcement has raised questions about these vaccines, how mRNA works and what ...
Ousted FDA vaccine chief Vinay Prasad is returning to the agency
Dr. Vinay Prasad is resuming leadership of the FDA center that regulates vaccines and biotech therapies, a spokesperson for ...