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Dr. Vinay Prasad: Bodily Autonomy Applies to Raw Milk, Not Vaccines
This is what it looks like when disinformation doctors pretend to value data and science to further their true objective, ...
FDA's Prasad overruled agency scientists in restricting use of COVID shots - report
FDA vaccines chief Vinay Prasad limited broader use of COVID vaccines, citing reduced risk and data concerns. Read more here.
FDA vaccine official restricted COVID vaccine approvals against the advice of agency staff
The new memos from the Food and Drug Administration show how the agency’s vaccine chief, Dr. Vinay Prasad, personally ...
RFK Jr.'s FDA officials overrode career staff to limit COVID shots
The FDA's Dr. Vinay Prasad said that he disagreed with the agency's career vaccine reviewers about COVID shot approvals.
Top FDA vaccine official rejected broad use of Covid-19 shots, documents show
(CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration’s top vaccine official overrode agency experts in May to recommend against the ...
Medical Groups Sue RFK Jr. For Assault On Science Over Unlawful COVID-19 Vaccine Rollbacks
Major health groups sue HHS and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. over COVID-19 vaccine policy changes for children and pregnant ...
RFK Jr. Influence Evident As Vaccine Chief Overrules Scientists, Limits COVID-19 Vaccine Approval
FDA vaccine head Vinay Prasad restricted Moderna and Novavax COVID vaccines to high-risk groups, overriding staff advice amid ...
Top FDA official rejects COVID-19 vaccines, citing unknown risks
While both the Novavax vaccine and the newest generation of the mRNA Moderna vaccines had been signed off on by about 30 FDA vaccine officials, Prasad ended up writing overrides for each, restricting ...
Inside the Collapse of the F.D.A.
Jeneen Interlandi, a domestic correspondent for Opinion and a staff writer at the magazine, writes frequently about public health. For this article, she interviewed dozens of people who have worked ...