FDA Blocked Studies Finding Covid, Shingles Vaccines Safe
Agency scientists found serious side effects were rare, but top officials blocked release of studies on millions of vaccine recipients.
- The Food and Drug Administration blocked publication of several government-funded studies showing that COVID-19 and shingles vaccines had very rare serious side effects and confirmed vaccine benefits, sparking allegations of censorship among health experts.
- One study analyzing 7.5 million Medicare recipients found only a minimal risk of anaphylaxis at about one in one million people, with hospitalization rates dropping by 55% after vaccination.
- The Department of Health and Human Services stated that the studies were withdrawn because the authors drew broad conclusions not supported by the data, defending the agency's scientific integrity.
- Experts called the blocking an act of censorship and urged congressional hearings and leadership resignations, highlighting the controversy over vaccine research transparency.
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FDA blocks vaccine safety studies amid growing allegations of scientific censorship
Internal federal research involving millions of vaccine recipients found rare serious side effects and no major new safety concerns, but agency officials halted publication as critics warn of political interference in public health science.
Trump’s health bureaucrats are undermining confidence in vaccines
Back in November, Vinay Prasad, then-director of the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, asserted in an internal email that "at least 10 children have died after and because of receiving COVID-19 vaccination." He provided no evidence to back up his claim then, and none has since been forthcoming. Prasad left the agency at the end of April. Good riddance. In the meantime, other Trump administration o…
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has blocked the release of several scientific studies that supported the safety of vaccines against Covid-19 and shingles, Andrew Nixon, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services, which oversees the agency, said on Tuesday. He said the department was concerned about the findings.
FDA Blocked Release of Studies Supporting Vaccine Safety
Washington, D.C. — The Food and Drug Administration halted publication of multiple studies examining the safety of COVID-19 and shingles vaccines, according to statements from the Department of Health and Human Services and reporting first published by The New York Times. An HHS spokesperson said the studies were withdrawn because researchers allegedly made broader conclusions than the underlying data supported. Officials stated the agency acted…
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