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FDA plans to limit COVID vaccine to only high-risk people: What Oklahomans should know
FDA leaders say the agency will require more clinical trials to show the benefits of annual COVID shots for healthy adults.
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 ...
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FDA's New Covid-19 Vaccine Strategy Could Leave Millions of Healthy Adults Without Access to Boosters
We have to admit to ourselves that America is deeply divided on the policy issue of repeat COVID-19 vaccine doses or boosters ...
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 ...
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 limits access to COVID-19 vaccine to older adults and other high-risk groups – a public health expert explains the new rules
On May 20, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration announced a new stance on who should receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The ...
FDA plans to limit COVID shots to those over 65 or with high-risk conditions
Previously, updated COVID vaccines had been recommended annually by the CDC for everyone over the age of 6 months. The CDC has historically set vaccine recommendations, while the FDA determines which ...
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FDA tightens heart tox warnings on mRNA COVID vaccines
According to the CDC, cases of myocarditis and pericarditis are rare with the vaccines and in most cases resolve within a few ...
FDA Changes May Limit COVID Vaccine Access—Drawing Some Criticism. Here’s What We Know
The change marks a shift in the Food and Drug Administration’s policy on approving COVID-19 vaccines, which the new ...
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 and pericarditis.
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Five burning questions on the FDA’s new Covid-19 vaccine framework
But the framework has perhaps created as much confusion as clarity. Broadly, the FDA said it will limit approval of Covid-19 ...
Trump FDA overhauls COVID-19 vaccine approval to focus on older populations, high-risk individuals
The FDA announced a policy shift for COVID-19 vaccine approvals to focus on Americans considered high-risk of contracting the ...