The US Food and Drug Administration has approved Moderna’s next generation of COVID-19 vaccine for everyone aged 65 and older, the company said on Saturday, the first approval since the regulator has tightened the requirements.
The vaccine is also approved for people aged 12 to 64 with at least one or more underlying risk factors, Moderna said in a statement.
The Ministry of Health and Human Services, led by long-term vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr., increases research into the regulations on vaccines.
The FDA said on May 20 that it was planning to demand drug makers that they test their Covid booster -recordings against an inert placebo in healthy adults under the age of 65 for approval, so that they are effectively limited to older adults and those who run the risk of developing serious diseases.
The modern vaccine, Merkmnexspike, can be stored in refrigerators instead of freezers, to offer a longer shelf life and make distribution easier, especially in developing countries where supply chain problems can hinder vaccination drives.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which Kennedy also supervises, on Thursday said that Covid -vaccines remain an option for healthy children when parents and doctors agree that it is necessary, briefly from Kennedy’s announcement days that the agency would remove the shots from his immunization schedule.
Published on May 31, 2025
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