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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lauran Neergaard

FDA approves Novavax COVID-19 shot but with unusual restrictions

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The Food and Drug Administration has issued a long-awaited approval of Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine but with unusual restrictions.

Novavax makes the nation’s only traditional protein-based coronavirus vaccine – and until now it had emergency authorization from FDA for use in anyone 12 and older.

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