The Highwire

MAKARY CRACKS DOWN: FDA DEMANDS REAL VACCINE TRIALS


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FDA Commissioner Marty Makary is shaking up the vaccine approval process, demanding rigorous, placebo-controlled trials before greenlighting Novavax’s new COVID-19 shot. Rejecting outdated 2021 data that ignored natural immunity, Makary—alongside Dr. Tracy Beth Høeg—is pushing the industry to reexamine assumptions, including whether healthy children really need more COVID vaccines.

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The HighwireBy Del Bigtree