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New FDA restrictions will make COVID-19 vaccines only available to elderly and people with medical conditions

  • Government advisers met on Thursday, May 28, 2025, to decide whether COVID-19 vaccines need updating for better fall and winter protection.
  • This meeting follows the FDA's recent change limiting routine COVID-19 booster approval to seniors and high-risk younger people, ending universal annual boosters.
  • The CDC's advisory panel will meet in June 2025 to recommend vaccination strategies, including options for universal access or targeted high-risk group vaccination.
  • University of Minnesota expert Michael Osterholm said, "This is a mess," highlighting uncertainties about vaccine eligibility and insurer coverage for healthy lower-risk individuals.
  • The new FDA approach, criticized for ending the U.S.'s "one-size-fits-all" booster policy, suggests significant implications for fall vaccination campaigns amid ongoing policy and strain-selection guidance needs.
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It is not clear what the next changes mean for people who may still want a vaccine against COVID-19 in the fall, but who do not fit clearly into one of the categories.

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The FDA has called on vaccine manufacturers Pfizer and Moderna to provide their Covid-19 gene syringes with much sharper warnings of possible heart damage. An analysis of the data from market surveillance shows that the risks to myocarditis and pericarditis are greater than originally assumed. The new findings again raise questions about the transparency and communication of the health authorities during the pandemic. The letters to both compani…

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Forbes broke the news in United States on Tuesday, May 20, 2025.
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