FDA to update regulations after unconfirmed claims of Covid vaccine-linked death

‘All 12 former heads of the FDA blasted the moves as a threat.’ Photograph: Marysia Kaminska/Alamy

As the US’s top vaccine officials come under pressure from lawmakers and former leaders, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it will release information “soon” about changes to regulations following unconfirmed claims of deaths after Covid vaccination.

It’s part of a sweeping effort, led by Robert F Kennedy Jr, secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to change the routine vaccines given in childhood, limiting access to and casting doubt upon safe and effective vaccines.