The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is going to provide an update on COVID-19 policy this week.
Dr. Marty Makary, the FDA’s commissioner, and Dr. Vinay Prasad, who heads the FDA center that regulates vaccines, are slated to hold a discussion on May 20 about “an evidence based approach to COVID vaccination.”
The FDA has been directing requests for comment to its parent agency, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which did not respond to a request for more details.
The event is dubbed a town hall and scheduled to start at 1 p.m.
Prasad said during a video released by the FDA on May 8 that vaccines save lives “when given at the right time and the right moment to the right person.” He also said that it is important for vaccines to be backed by “solid evidence.”…