‘Tremendous uncertainty’ for cancer research as US officials target mRNA vaccines Amid Trump cuts and state-level backlash, experts worry that progress in messenger RNA vaccines could stall The Guardian - US · Jul 12, 2025
FDA Grants Complete Approval To Moderna's COVID-19 Vaccine For Children As Young As 6 Months The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Moderna Inc.’s (NASDAQ:MRNA) supplemental Biologics License Application (sBLA) for Spikevax, the company’s COVID-19 vaccine, in children six months through 11 years of age who are at increased risk for COVID-19 disease. Benzinga · Jul 10, 2025
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 · Jul 2, 2025
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 · Jun 2, 2025
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. The Conversation · May 29, 2025
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 · May 22, 2025
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 · May 22, 2025
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 · May 21, 2025
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 · May 20, 2025
RFK Jr. pledged not to upend US vaccine system, but big changes are underway Health agencies working under Robert F The Independent UK · May 19, 2025
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 · May 14, 2025
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 · May 7, 2025
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 · May 6, 2025
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 · Nov 25, 2024
Reason · May 30, 2024 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 · Mar 8, 2023 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.
Reason · Mar 1, 2023 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 · Apr 3, 2022 Against Scientific Gatekeeping Science should be a profession, not a priesthood.
Reason · Mar 21, 2022 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 · Feb 7, 2022 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.