ID ); $exclude_types = array( '' ); $exclude_types = apply_filters( 'eat_exclude_types', $exclude_types ); // do nothing if the post has already a featured image set if ( $already_has_thumb ) { return; } // do the job if the post is not from an excluded type if ( ! in_array( $post_type, $exclude_types ) ) { // get first attached image $img = rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ); $attachment_id = attachment_url_to_postid( $img ); if ( $attachment_id ) { // add attachment ID add_post_meta( $post->ID, '_thumbnail_id', $attachment_id, true ); } } } // set featured image before post is displayed (for old posts) add_action( 'the_post', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); // hooks added to set the thumbnail when publishing too add_action( 'new_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'draft_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'pending_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'future_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); function rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ) { // Find the images in the post_content. $output = preg_match_all( '//i', $post->post_content, $matches ); $first_img = isset( $matches[1][0] ) ? $matches[1][0]:''; // if no images found, do nothing if ( empty ( $first_img ) ) { return false; } return $first_img; } } FDA Cancels Meeting Slated to Select Strains for Next Flu Vaccines – BCI 24 News Network
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FDA Cancels Meeting Slated to Select Strains for Next Flu Vaccines

27 February 2025 5:20 PM
BCI 24 News Network

U.S. officials have canceled a meeting that was slated to go over the options for the 2025–26 influenza vaccines.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had been scheduled to meet on March 13 with its vaccine advisers to consider which strains the vaccines should target before the meeting was canceled.
The FDA and its parent agency, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), recently confirmed the cancellation.
Dr. Anna Durbin, one of the members of the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee, said the cancellation was concerning.
“It will affect the ability of manufacturers to produce the influenza vaccine for 2025–2026 flu season. The schedule is already very tight and delaying the strain selection meeting will only make it more difficult,” Durbin told The Epoch Times in an email….