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RFK Jr.'s FDA officials overrode career staff to limit COVID shots
The FDA's Dr. Vinay Prasad said that he disagreed with the agency's career vaccine reviewers about COVID shot approvals.
Top FDA vaccine official rejected broad use of Covid-19 shots, documents show
(CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official overrode agency experts in May to recommend against the ...
Trump-Kennedy attacks on vaccines and public health will kill millions globally
Three simultaneous withdrawals—from the World Health Organization, USAID and the Gavi vaccine alliance—represent a ...
RFK Jr. Influence Evident As Vaccine Chief Overrules Scientists, Limits COVID-19 Vaccine Approval
FDA vaccine head Vinay Prasad restricted Moderna and Novavax COVID vaccines to high-risk groups, overriding staff advice amid ...
FDA vaccine official restricted COVID vaccine approvals against the advice of agency staff
The new memos from the Food and Drug Administration show how the agency’s vaccine chief, Dr. Vinay Prasad, personally ...
FDA's Prasad overruled agency scientists in restricting use of COVID shots - report
FDA vaccines chief Vinay Prasad limited broader use of COVID vaccines, citing reduced risk and data concerns. Read more here.
Maddow Blog | Thursday's Mini-Report, 7.3.25
Today’s edition of quick hits.* Chicago’s latest mass shooting: “Four people have died from gunshot wounds and 14 others have ...
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Vinay Prasad will replace Marks as CBER director
Controversial doctor Vinay Prasad, a public health researcher at UCSF known as a critic of US health policy, has been named as director of the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research ...