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Food and Drug Administration officials say they will ratchet up requirements for vaccine studies, citing concerns about COVID shots for kids. But public health experts question the agency's analysis.
Vaccine experts said the memo was irresponsible and omits key details about how officials arrived at the conclusion.
FDA chief medical officer Vinay Prasad told reporters that the agency would be changing its vaccine approval process.
The federal agency has not publicized how it reached its conclusions.
Section 1. Purpose and Policy. On August 24, 2021, the Secretary of Defense mandated that all service members receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The Secretary of Defense later rescinded the mandate on January 10, 2023. The vaccine mandate was an unfair ...
A leaked internal memo from Dr. Vinay Prasad, a senior FDA vaccine official, has set off a political firestorm after alleging that multiple child deaths occurred “after and because of” COVID vaccination.