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WASHINGTON — Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary promised stakeholders last week that the agency’s new ...
The FDA has updated COVID-19 vaccine regulations. Only people aged 65 and up, along with certain groups, will be eligible to receive booster shots. FDA officials are asking for more data around the ...
Top U.S. vaccine regulator Vinay Prasad and FDA Commissioner Marty Makary, both of whom have been critical of U.S. COVID ...
From my colleague Adam Feuerstein: French drug maker Sanofi is acquiring the small biotech Vigil Neuroscience for $470 ...
The changes by the FDA mean restricting access to who can get seasonal COVID shots—limiting approval to seniors over 65, ...
Government vaccine advisers are meeting to decide if the recipe for COVID-19 vaccines needs updating for this fall and winter ...
FDA leaders say the agency will require more clinical trials to show the benefits of annual COVID shots for healthy adults.
The FDA will now require clinical trials to approve boosters for healthy Americans under 65, making it unlikely the shots ...
On May 20, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration announced a new stance on who should receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The ...
Older adults can continue getting covid boosters, but not everyone who wants them can. You’re reading The Checkup With Dr.
The FDA is moving to restrict COVID vaccination to adults 65 and older and other particularly vulnerable people. Learn what’s ...