US Food and Drug Administration

January 23January 23
FDA wants to simplify the use and updating of Covid-19 vaccines
- Coronavirus
The US Food and Drug Administration wants to simplify the Covid-19 vaccine process to look more like what happens with the flu vaccine, according to documents posted online on Monday. That could include streamlining the vaccine composition, immunization schedules and periodic updates of Covid-19 vaccines.

Ceci Partridge
September 29September 29
FDA authorization for updated Covid-19 boosters could be expanded to younger ages as soon as early October
- Coronavirus
- Health
Moderna and Pfizer both sought FDA emergency use authorization for their updated Covid-19 boosters for younger people in recent days. Moderna is seeking authorization for children as young as 6 years and Pfizer for children ages 5 through 11.

Ceci Partridge
September 28September 28
Pfizer submits data on Covid-19 vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11 to FDA, not seeking EUA yet
- Coronavirus
Pfizer and BioNTech said Tuesday they have submitted Covid-19 vaccine data on children ages 5 to 11 to the US Food and Drug Administration for initial review, but are not yet seeking emergency use authorization.

Ceci Partridge
September 13September 13
Two departing FDA leaders among scientists who say Covid-19 vaccines do not currently ‘show a need for boosting’
- Local
(CNN) — The current evidence on Covid-19 vaccines does not appear to support a need for booster shots in the general public right now, according to an international group of vaccine scientists, including some from the US Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organization. “Current evidence does not, therefore, appear to show a […]

Ceci Partridge
August 18August 17
As additional shots mRNA shots roll out, Johnson & Johnson vaccine recipients told to wait
- Coronavirus
(CNN) — The calls and emails about Covid-19 boosters have already started coming in to Dr. William Schaffner’s medical center in Nashville, Tennessee. It started last week, when the the the US Food and Drug Administration and US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended an additional dose for certain immunocompromised people who had been given […]

Ceci Partridge

FDA wants to simplify the use and updating of Covid-19 vaccines

FDA authorization for updated Covid-19 boosters could be expanded to younger ages as soon as early October

Pfizer submits data on Covid-19 vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11 to FDA, not seeking EUA yet

Two departing FDA leaders among scientists who say Covid-19 vaccines do not currently ‘show a need for boosting’

As additional shots mRNA shots roll out, Johnson & Johnson vaccine recipients told to wait

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