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FDA Approves and Authorizes Updated mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines …
Aug 22, 2024 · Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved and granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for updated mRNA COVID-19 vaccines (2024-2025 formula) to include a monovalent (single)...
FDA Authorizes Updated Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine to Better …
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for an updated version of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine that more closely targets currently circulating ...
FDA Approves Pfizer Vaccine: Live Updates - The New York Times
Aug 23, 2021 · President Biden lauded the final approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine by the Food and Drug Administration and implored unvaccinated Americans not to wait any longer to be inoculated.
Aug. 23, 2021, US FDA approves Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine - CNN
Aug 24, 2021 · The US Food and Drug Administration has granted full approval of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. Full approval could help businesses, schools and states enforce vaccine mandates and...
FDA expected to propose a label change to packaged foods ... - NBC News
Jun 8, 2024 · The Food and Drug Administration is expected to propose a change to prepackaged food sold in America: a requirement that the front of the packages display key nutrient information in...
FDA head calls on Congress to pass mandatory testing for lead in food
Apr 11, 2024 · WASHINGTON — The head of the Food and Drug Administration urged Congress on Thursday to pass legislation mandating that food manufacturers test for lead in products imported to the United...
FDA approves first gene-editing treatment for human illness
Dec 8, 2023 · The Food and Drug Administration approved two genetic treatments for sickle cell disease, including one that uses gene-editing. The approvals offer hope for patients and signal a new...
F.D.A. Clears Pfizer Vaccine, and Millions of Doses Will Be …
Dec 11, 2020 · The Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use on Friday, clearing the way for millions of highly vulnerable people to begin receiving the vaccine...
FDA approves updated COVID vaccines for this fall | AP News
Sep 11, 2023 · The Food and Drug Administration decision opens the newest shots from Moderna and Pfizer and its partner BioNTech to most Americans even if they’ve never had a coronavirus vaccination. It’s part of a shift to treat fall updates of the COVID-19 …