Matthew Perrone

APNewsAlert: US regulators say annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved

FDA has cleared the first blood test that can help diagnose Alzheimer’s and identify patients who may benefit from drugs that can modestly slow the memory-destroying disease. https://t.co/j1oDlyiK8A

The FDA announced plans Tuesday to phase out fluoride-containing supplements sometimes prescribed to strengthen children’s teeth, opening a new front in Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s effort against a chemical mainstay of dental care. https://t.co/2tZG6NYnHH

RT @US_FDA: FDA Commissioner Makary sits down for a conversation with the newly appointed director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation a…

FDA's vaccine panel will meet Thursday May 22 to make recommendations on COVID-19 strain selection the coming season's shots: https://t.co/gvQOP9BPKb

Last year Vinay Prasad told Vivek Ramaswamy that Americans would likely be better off without the FDA in its current form: “If you’re talking about FDA 2024, I think they’d probably be better off as a result of not having the FDA.” https://t.co/ueuC958KjF

The Food and Drug Administration has named a prominent medical contrarian and critic of the drug industry to head its vaccine center, replacing Dr. Peter Marks, who was forced out in March. https://t.co/QTtaD3rpnJ

For the second time since February, the FDA is bringing back some recently fired employees, including about 20 staffers who handle travel bookings for inspectors. FOIA staff and food scientists have also been informally told they will be reinstated. https://t.co/FagSxESkuf

The Trump administration’s effort to impose new requirements on Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine — the only traditional protein-based option for the virus — is sowing uncertainty about updates to other vaccines, too. https://t.co/MMyNqeQJrw

RT @rosebroderick_: Exclusive: HHS has walked back a national autism registry. The new plan: $50 million for a different autism research in…

Among the latest cuts at FDA... "Bring Your Child to Work Day" programming... Instead the agency is encouraging staff to "take time to share publicly available online resources and information with your children," according to a memo obtained by AP.

The news sent Novavax shares soaring more than 21% in morning trading and appeared to resolve concerns that Trump administration officials might be holding up a decision on the shot. https://t.co/K36bZxSaxB

RT @matthewherper: Here's the thing about @DrMakaryFDA's promise to remove industry representatives from FDA advisory panels: He said he w…

Weeks before the layoffs, senior FDA leaders prepared plans for reducing staff without harming the agency’s core functions, according to staffers familiar with the work. But those proposals were never requested or presented to DOGE staff who made the cuts: https://t.co/qES0DzV41a

Even roles that would seemingly support key RFK goals have been eliminated. About 15 FDA scientists working in a lab focused on identifying and eliminating hazardous chemicals and microplastics from food lost their jobs. https://t.co/qES0DzV41a

The @US_FDA is scrambling to hire contractors to replace recently fired employees who helped book thousands of food and drug safety inspections in India, China and other overseas countries. https://t.co/qES0DzV41a

In his first visit to the FDA, RFK Jr. told agency staff: "This whole generation is damaged. I walk through airports and see people just beleaguered by chronic inflammation, autoimmune disease, by neurological disease. I see kids with tics. Never saw tics when I was a kid.”