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· 6hFDA Warns of Heart Risk With Pfizer, Moderna COVID Vaccines
The updated warnings highlight a rare risk of heart inflammation in teen boys and young men, CBS News reported. The warning applies to males ages 16 to 25 and is based on new data from FDA safety monitoring and a 2023 study. This includes both Pfizer's Comirnaty and Moderna's Spikevax vaccines.
· 1hFDA asks mRNA vaccine makers to widen age range for rare heart risk warning
In another sign of growing scrutiny over Covid-19 vaccines, the Food and Drug Administration has asked the two makers of mRNA vaccines to widen the age range of boys and young men that their labels say are at risk for a rare side effect causing heart inflammation.
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· 50mOpinion: The FDA’s new Covid vaccine policy is clear as mud
Despite an explanation of the new strategy published Tuesday from FDA Commissioner Marty Makary and Vinay Prasad, who oversees vaccines at the agency, public health experts were left guessing about basic details such as how it will affect access to Covid shots.
Frank DeStefano, MD, MPH, was there when the CDC's Vaccine Safety Datalink (VSD) first came online in 1990, when the agency ...
The FDA’s recent activities regarding Covid-19 vaccines stray far from the well-established standards of vaccine regulatory ...
The most commonly reported adverse events with the AZD1222 COVID-19 vaccine are headache and fatigue, a large-scale active ...
FDA FLAGS SEVERE ITCH — Patients who stop using the oral allergy medicines cetirizine (Zyrtec) or levocetirizine (Xyzal) may ...
Agency leaders said there was evidence to justify approval only for older people and those with medical conditions. Many ...
The US Food and Drug Administration has fully approved a new COVID vaccine option specifically targeting high-risk individuals, including seniors. The protein-based Nuvaxovid vaccine, produced by ...
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2-in-1 COVID-flu vaccine looks promising in trial — but experts say approval may be delayedLate-stage trial data suggest that a new COVID-flu vaccine offers good protection against both infections, but experts expect ...
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a decline in U.S. vaccine uptake, while widespread misinformation and distrust ...
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