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WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved updated Covid boosters, but removed emergency use authorizations for the vaccines, in a set of moves that could make the shots more difficult to obtain for children under 5, in particular. The moves were announced by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of Health and Human Services, in a post …

FDA limits approval for new coronavirus vaccines to high risk people  The Washington Post F.D.A. Approves Covid Shots With New Restrictions  The New York Times RFK Jr. limits who is eligible for COVID shots  Axios The latest COVID vaccines come with new FDA limits  NPR Pfizer and BioNTech’s COMIRNATY® Receives U.S. FDA Approval for Adults 65 and Older and Individuals Ages 5 through 64 …

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) vaccine advisory group has long had a work group in place to review the latest COVID-19 vaccine science, including weighing the risks and benefits, but a newly constituted group will launch a sweeping new review of the vaccines led by a member who has opposed COVID vaccines. The Brownstone Institute on August …

US health secretary and vaccine sceptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr has called for the retraction of a Danish study that found no link between aluminium in vaccines and chronic diseases in children — a rare move for a US public official. Aluminium has been used for almost a century to enhance the immune system’s response to some vaccines. But some …

For decades, the American public, the federal government, and the medical community have been nearly unanimous: Vaccines are important because they save lives. Today, after years of escalating attacks, that consensus has irrevocably shattered. The rupture has centered around, what else, the Covid vaccines. Yesterday, a British cardiologist allied with US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told the Daily …

Earlier this month, the Trump administration said it was terminating $500 million in mRNA vaccine research and shifting its focus to other approaches, including a previously announced “whole-virus” vaccine platform dubbed “Generation Gold Standard.” “Generation Gold Standard is a paradigm shift,” Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, the director of the National Institutes of Health, said in a news release in May touting …

This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. It makes sense to approach some marketing efforts with skepticism. Scams, artificial intelligence and deceptive social media posts are common, with people you don’t know seeking to profit from your behavior. But should people extend this same skepticism to pediatricians who advise vaccines for children? Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said …

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists on Friday reaffirmed support for Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy, becoming the second major professional medical association to break from current US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations this week. “While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently removed its recommendation that pregnant and lactating individuals receive updated COVID-19 vaccines, ACOG’s …

RFK Jr. Warns Docs of Liability if They Stray From CDC on Vaccines  MedPage Today The Clashing Advice Over COVID-19 Shots for Kids  Time Magazine Pediatricians’ association recommends COVID-19 vaccines for toddlers and some older children, breaking with CDC guidance  The Conversation Why the American Academy of Pediatrics is diverging from CDC vaccine guidelines  PBS Doctors take on RFK Jr. on back-to-school COVID vaccines  The …

Vaccines Respiratory viruses Maternal health Women’s health See all topics Facebook Tweet Email Link The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists on Friday reaffirmed support for Covid-19 vaccination during pregnancy, becoming the second major professional medical association to break from current US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations this week. “While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) …