US EditionNew FDA restrictions will make COVID-19 vaccines only available to elderly and people with medical conditions
- On Tuesday, the FDA announced new COVID-19 booster guidelines limiting routine approvals to adults over 65 or high-risk individuals in the US.
- This change addresses criticism of the previous U.S. Policy that uniformly advised COVID-19 booster shots for all adults, without differentiating based on age or individual risk factors.
- Under the new framework, manufacturers must conduct fresh randomized trials to support vaccine use in healthy younger adults and children.
- FDA officials Makary and Prasad characterized the policy change as grounded in evidence, highlighting the unclear advantages of additional boosters for healthy individuals—for example, questioning if a healthy 52-year-old who has already had multiple Covid infections and six vaccine doses would gain any benefit from a seventh.
- This policy implies annual shots will remain widely available for 100 to 200 million at-risk people but could restrict access and insurance coverage for healthy adults seeking boosters.
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FDA limits COVID-19 vaccine approval to seniors, high-risk groups
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FDA poised to restrict access to COVID vaccines - Hawaii Tribune-Herald
The Food and Drug Administration will permit use of COVID vaccines by adults older than 65 and those with certain medical conditions in the fall, but will require additional studies before approving the shots for healthy Americans younger than 65, agency officials said Tuesday.
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