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The FDA has updated COVID-19 vaccine regulations. Only people aged 65 and up, along with certain groups, will be eligible to receive booster shots. FDA officials are asking for more data around the vaccine’s effectiveness for people who are otherwise healthy.
In a major policy change, the Food and Drug Administration has announced a plan to limit access to future COVID-19 shots only to people over 65 years old or those with an underlying health condition.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Sanofi’s (NASDAQ:SNY) meningococcal vaccine MenQuadfi for infants as young as six weeks, expanding its previous label indicated for children aged two years and above.
The FDA expects that randomized, controlled trial data on clinical outcomes will be needed before COVID-19 vaccines can be approved for patients who are 6 months to 64 years of age and do not have risk factors for severe COVID-19.
The FDA and CDC are recommending a pause on the use of Ixchiq (chikungunya vaccine, live) in patients 60 years and older during an ongoing safety investigation.
The CDC and FDA say frozen supplement shakes made at Prairie Farms Dairy in Indiana led to the death of 14 people from listeria poisoning.