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FDA vaccine official restricted COVID vaccine approvals against the advice of agency staff

A top official at the Food and Drug Administration recently overruled government scientists on the availability of two COVID-19 vaccines

The Independent UK

A ‘war on children’: as US changes Covid vaccine rules, parents of trial volunteers push back

Frustration and anger mount as Trump administration contemplates new trials and restrictions for Covid vaccines

The Guardian - US

RFK Jr. says annual COVID-19 shots no longer advised for healthy children and pregnant women – a public health expert explains the new guidance

On May 27, 2025, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer include the COVID-19 vaccine on the list of immunizations it recommends for healthy children and pregnant women.

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FDA panel debates COVID vaccine recipe as questions swirl about fall shots

Government vaccine advisers are meeting to decide if the recipe for COVID-19 vaccines needs updating for this fall and winter

The Independent UK

FDA won’t approve COVID shot for healthy, non-elderly population - Roll Call

The Food and Drug Administration will no longer approve COVID-19 vaccines for healthy people under 65 without rigorous trials.

Roll Call

FDA will approve COVID-19 vaccine only for older adults and high-risk groups – a public health expert explains the new rules

On May 20, 2025, the Food and Drug Administration announced a new stance on who should receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

The Conversation

FDA says it will limit access to Covid-19 boosters for Americans under 65

Critics say shift will negatively affect people who are not high risk but want to be vaccinated against the disease

The Guardian - US

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RFK Jr. pledged not to upend US vaccine system, but big changes are underway

Health agencies working under Robert F

The Independent UK

Critic of Covid boosters set to enact tough agenda as top US vaccines official

Vinay Prasad, outspoken critic of pharmaceutical industry and of his peers in public health, to take over CBER

The Guardian - US

FDA names a new vaccine chief. He is a vocal critic of the agency

Prasad is a YouTuber who comments on popular issues in health and politics

The Independent UK

Critic of drug industry and COVID-19 measures to lead FDA vaccine program

The Food and Drug Administration says that a prominent medical contrarian and critic of the drug industry will head its vaccine center

The Independent UK

Vinay Prasad: What Does RFK Jr. Get Right and Wrong?

YouTuber Dr. Vinay Prasad joins Just Asking Questions Live on Tuesday November 26 at 1 p.m. EST.

Reason

The COVID-19 Vaccines Shouldn't Have Been Free

So many problems would have disappeared if we had treated them like a normal product.

Reason

Dr. Vinay Prasad: You're Right Not To Trust Public Health

The outspoken critic of the CDC and FDA explains what went wrong—and what went right—with COVID policy.

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Dr. Vinay Prasad: Stop Trusting the Public Health Establishment

Join Reason on YouTube at 1 p.m. Eastern for a discussion of mRNA vaccines and America's public health establishment with UCSF's Vinay Prasad.

Reason

Against Scientific Gatekeeping

Science should be a profession, not a priesthood.

Reason

How Politics Corrupted Science: Dr. Vinay Prasad on COVID

Q&A with Dr. Vinay Prasad, a practicing hematologist-oncologist and associate professor in the department of epidemiology and biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco

Reason

That Study of Face Masks Does Not Show What the CDC Claims

The agency further undermines its credibility by desperately trying to back up conclusions it has already reached.

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