STAT August 27, 2025
Actions could make it more difficult to get young children vaccinated
WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved updated Covid boosters, but removed emergency use authorizations for the vaccines, in a set of moves that could make the shots more difficult to obtain for children under 5, in particular.
The moves were announced by Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of Health and Human Services, in a post on the social media site X, while the FDA did not put out a statement. Kennedy portrayed the actions as fulfilling a campaign promise to reverse Covid-era policies while still allowing people to access vaccines.
“I promised 4 things,” Kennedy wrote. “1. to end covid vaccine mandates; 2....
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