The change marks a shift in the Food and Drug Administration’s policy on approving COVID-19 vaccines, which the new ...

On May 20, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration announced a new stance on who should receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The agency said it would approve new versions of the vaccine only for adults 65 ...

The CDC will no longer recommend the COVID-19 vaccine for pregnant women and healthy children. Updated COVID-19 shots will ...

Under the new FDA guidelines, only people 65 and older and others with one or more health risk factors will be able to ...

Federal health officials will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are ...

"Political directives should not prevent individuals from seeking safe and effective care that they desire and deserve," ...

The FDA's shift in strategy could make it much harder for people who are younger than 65 and don’t have “risk factors for ...

The FDA is implementing stricter guidance for the approval of COVID-19 vaccines, according to a paper published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

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 ...

The FDA’s new policy limits COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to older adults and high-risk groups, excluding millions from ...

For children, yes, the CDC’s “shared decision-making” guidance preserves the status quo in which Medicaid and U.S.

The FDA will encourage new clinical trials on the widely used vaccines before approving them for children and healthy adults.