FDA outlines stricter Covid vaccine booster approval standards for healthy peopleThe FDA recommended different standards of evidence for approval based on patients’ risk of getting severely sick from Covid. …[TheTopNews] Read More.CNBC – Business | Business & CommerceTue, May 20, 202524 hours ago
RFK Jr’s HHS to end routine COVID vaccine guidance for children, pregnant women: reportThe Trump administration is backing away from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations to vaccinate children and pregnant women against COVID-19, according to a new report.The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), led by Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., is planning to pull federal recommendations that these groups get the COVID vaccine as a routine measure, The Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.The CDC currently recommends that everyone aged 6 months and older get vaccinated, but that guidance may be scrapped in the coming days.MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR BIDEN-ERA COVID-19 VAX PROJECT HALTED BY TRUMP’S HHSIt’s unclear whether HHS plans to drop the recommendation entirely or simply stop pushing it for everyone across the board, the report said.The move would be a major shift in federal health policy and would mark a break from the blanket-vaccine approach…
FDA to Cut Covid Booster Access, Excluding In-Home CarersOn Tuesday, the Food and Drug Administration announced that Covid booster shots will be limited to people over 65 and those with pre-existing health conditions that would put them at higher risk of acute complications. The FDA’s move is not surprising, given that Trump-appointed Covid contrarians Vinay Prasad, the director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, and Marty Makary, the recently confirmed FDA commissioner, have openly advocated for such restrictions since before the initial vaccine was even approved. “The FDA will approve vaccines for high-risk persons and, at the same time, demand robust, gold-standard data on persons at low risk,” the two wrote in a New England Journal of Medicine article that was published on Tuesday. Many groups of people face new or added risks as a consequence of the FDA’s decision; notably, the agency has not signaled any intention…
FDA approves Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine with limitationsThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine with age restrictions after a six-week delay. …[TheTopNews] Read More.UPI News – Health News | Health & WellnessSun, May 18, 20253 days ago
New ‘long COVID’ study zeroes in on possible biological cause of brain fogMillions of “long COVID” patients coping with debilitating “brain fog” and chronic fatigue, who are looking for answers to what’s at the root of their illness, received a hopeful sign Thursday. …[TheTopNews] Read More.UPI News – Health News | Health & WellnessThu, May 15, 20256 days ago
Who can get updated COVID vaccines this fall? FDA tightening rulesFDA advisers are set to meet Thursday to decide on updates for this fall’s COVID shots. …[TheTopNews] Read More.CBS NEWS – Health | Consumers & ShoppingTue, May 20, 202522 hours ago