Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials have proposed a future model for developing new COVID-19 vaccines that would be built on the approach to creating influenza vaccines. Accumulating data suggest the current COVID-19 vaccines, based on a virus strain that is now generations old, “may need to be updated at some point to ensure the…
FDA Floats Moving COVID-19 Vaccines to Flu-Like Model
April 5, 2022
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Biden Admin Cuts Off 14 More States From COVID-19 Treatment as BA.2 Variant Spreads
April 4, 2022
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President Joe Biden’s administration has ordered 14 additional states to stop using a COVID-19 treatment made by GlaxoSmithKline and Vir Biotechnology. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said March 30 it has paused shipments of the drug, sotrovimab, to the states, bringing the total number of states that are no longer receiving doses to…
Capitol Report (March 29): Former Trump Officials Facing Criminal Contempt Charges
President Joe Biden hosted Singapore’s prime minister at the White House. We’ll unpack their plans on Russia, the supply chain, and maintaining peace in the Indo-Pacific—an area that the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is working to destabilize with military and economic coercion. An American architect’s mother was arrested in China for upholding her belief. And…
Fifth COVID-19 Vaccine Shot May Be Needed in Fall: FDA Official
Hours after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized a fourth shot of the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines for all Americans 50 and older, an FDA official said a fifth shot may be needed in the fall. “I don’t want to shock anyone but there may be a need for people to get an…
FDA Clears 4th COVID-19 Shot for All Americans Aged 50 and Above
U.S. drug regulators on March 29 announced they’ve granted emergency authorization for a second booster of the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is allowing a fourth dose of the jabs to all Americans aged 50 and above. In addition, Americans aged 12 above with weakened immune systems may get…
Pfizer Board Member: Mask Mandate on Airlines Will Be Lifted Soon
Former Food and Drug Administration (FDA) chief and current Pfizer board member Dr. Scott Gottlieb is predicting that the federal mask mandate for airlines and other public transportation will be lifted in April if there is no surge in COVID-19 cases. Gottlieb, who led the FDA between 2017 and 2019, said he believes the Biden administration’s…
FDA: Common Stomach Medication Recalled Over Possible Contamination
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the recall of a common medication used to treat heartburn and stomach problems due to possible contamination. The Kansas-based Plastikon Healthcare said it voluntarily recalled three lots of milk of magnesia oral suspension, one lot of acetaminophen, and six lots of magnesium hydroxide “due to microbial contamination and…
FDA Tells Doctors in 8 States to Stop Using COVID-19 Treatment
March 27, 2022
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U.S. drug regulators have directed health care workers in eight states to stop using a COVID-19 treatment because it may not be effective against an Omicron subvariant that is rising in prevalence. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said sotrovimab, a monoclonal antibody used to treat COVID-19, can no longer be used in Connecticut, Maine,…
CDC, Other Health Agencies Won’t Provide Employee Vaccination Data From 2022
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and three other top federal health agencies are refusing to provide employee COVID-19 vaccination data for 2022. The CDC and the other agencies, including the one that is forcing virtually all health care workers to get a vaccine, say their most current employee vaccination data is from…
FDA to Consult Advisory Panel About Additional COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) plans to consult a panel of experts before clearing additional COVID-19 vaccine booster shots. The current plan is “to gather our independent panel of outside experts next month to have a transparent discussion about considerations for 2022 booster shots, including whether and when those boosters may be needed…
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