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Vaccine maker Moderna announced today that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted full approval of its Spikevax (mRNA-1273) COVID vaccine for children 6 months to 11 years old. But, because federal officials in May restricted its recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines to adults 65 and older and to people of all ages who are at increased risk for severe disease,
NB.1.8.1 is one of the latest variants of COVID-19, a "slightly upgraded version" of the LP.8.1 variant that is prominent right now, Subhash Verma, microbiology and immunology professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, previously told USA TODAY in May.
The approval comes amid regulatory upheaval under HHS head Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has pushed for changes around mRNA vaccines in particular.
Moderna's Spikevax receives FDA approval for use in high-risk children; Pfizer, BioNTech appeal U.K. ruling in COVID-19 vaccine patent dispute.
Trump administration policy tug-of-war between big medical groups that want COVID vaccines back on CDC schedule for healthy kids and pregnant women, groups that want mandate ban extended to health sciences students.
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Money Talks News on MSNRFK Announces End to COVID Shot Guidelines for Healthy Kids and Pregnant WomenThe Trump administration removed COVID-19 vaccines from federal recommendations for healthy children and pregnant women. Medical organizations expressed strong concerns about the policy change's impact on vulnerable populations.
House Democrats on the Oversight Committee are calling for an urgent briefing with staff from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), demanding answers over recent moves that have taken place among the agency's vaccine advisory panel, ABC News can exclusively report.
The FDA's Dr. Vinay Prasad said that he disagreed with the agency's career vaccine reviewers about COVID shot approvals.