Inside the Feds’ Surprise Rejection of COVID Booster Shot

A key U.S. Meals and Drug Administration panel on Friday afternoon voted towards a common booster shot for the most well-liked COVID-19 vaccine. As an alternative, the panel endorsed a booster just for sure Individuals: these 65 and older plus youthful people who find themselves at excessive danger of illness owing to underlying situations.

The votes by the FDA’s Vaccines and Associated Organic Merchandise Advisory Committee, or VRBPAC, might slim any effort by the health-safety company to authorize a 3rd shot for lots of the 180 million (and counting) Individuals who’re totally vaccinated towards COVID.

The FDA isn’t required to honor VRBPAC’s suggestions, though it nearly at all times does.