FDA Floats Moving COVID-19 Vaccines to Flu-Like Model

FDA Floats Moving COVID-19 Vaccines to Flu-Like Model
A nurse prepares a COVID-19 vaccine in Southfield, Mich., on Sept. 29, 2021. Emily Elconin/Reuters
Zachary Stieber
By Zachary Stieber, Senior Reporter
Updated:

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) officials have proposed a future model for developing new COVID-19 vaccines that would be built on the approach to creating influenza vaccines.

Accumulating data suggest the current COVID-19 vaccines, based on a virus strain that is now generations old, “may need to be updated at some point to ensure the high level of efficacy demonstrated in the early vaccine clinical trials,” the FDA said.

Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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