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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

FDA blocked studies finding Covid and shingles vaccines safe, HHS official says

a person getting a vaccine
A person gets a vaccine. Photograph: Christina House/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

The US Food and Drug Administration has blocked the publication of several studies that found Covid-19 and shingles vaccines to be safe, according to a spokesperson from the Department of Health and Human Services.

Agency scientists conducted the studies by analyzing millions of patient records and found that serious side-effects from the vaccines were rare, the spokesperson confirmed. The studies – funded by taxpayer money and costing several million dollars – included research examining the safety of Covid-19 vaccines in 2023 and 2024.

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