
Matthew Perrone
Health Writer at Associated Press
AP Health Writer focusing on medicine, money and policy. Signal: MattLPerrone.82. Sends tips, docs anonymously: https://t.co/C5bVjIYY3U
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timesfreepress.com | Matthew Perrone |Lauran Neergaard
WASHINGTON (AP) — Government advisers were split Thursday on whether drugmakers need to update their COVID-19 vaccines for next season, a decision overshadowed by confusion over a new Trump administration policy that may limit which Americans can get the shots. The Food and Drug Administration's outside experts have met annually since the launch of the first COVID-19 vaccines to discuss tweaking their recipes to stay ahead of the virus.
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argus-press.com | Matthew Perrone |Lauran Neergaard
WASHINGTON (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. clinched the political support needed to become the nation’s top health official by pledging to work within the decades-old federal system for approval and use of vaccines. Yet his regulators are promising big changes that cloud the outlook for what shots might even be available. The Food and Drug Administration will soon “unleash a massive framework” for how vaccines are tested and approved, according to Commissioner Marty Makary.
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flcourier.com | Matthew Perrone |Lauran Neergaard
WASHINGTON — Annual COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routine- ly approved under a major new policy shift unveiled Tuesday [May 20] by the Trump administration.
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tnledger.com | Matthew Perrone |Lauran Neergaard
WASHINGTON (AP) — Government advisers are meeting Thursday to decide if COVID-19 vaccines need updating to improve protection this fall and winter — even as a new Trump administration policy has thrown into question who may be eligible for a shot. The Food and Drug Administration's outside experts have met regularly since the launch of the first COVID-19 vaccines to discuss tweaking their recipes to stay ahead of the virus.
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columbiamissourian.com | Matthew Perrone |Lauran Neergaard
By MATTHEW PERRONE and LAURAN NEERGAARD, The Associated Press WASHINGTON - Government advisers were split Thursday on whether drugmakers need to update their COVID-19 vaccines for next season, a decision overshadowed by confusion over a new Trump administration policy that may limit which Americans can get the shots.
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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

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