{"id":10317,"date":"2025-06-01T17:59:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-01T17:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/?p=10317"},"modified":"2025-06-01T17:59:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-01T17:59:44","slug":"fda-approves-modernas-new-lower-dose-covid-19-vaccine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmman.com\/?p=10317","title":{"rendered":"FDA approves Moderna’s new lower-dose COVID-19 vaccine"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The U.S. approved a new COVID-19 vaccine made by Moderna late Friday but with limits<\/a> on who can use it \u2014 not a replacement for the company\u2019s existing shot, but a second option.<\/p>\n

The new vaccine, mNexspike, is a step toward next-generation coronavirus vaccines. It’s made in a way that allows for a lower dose \u2014 a fifth of the dose of its current COVID-19 vaccine, Spikevax \u2014 by refining its immune target.<\/p>\n

The approval \u201cadds an important new tool to help protect people at high risk of severe disease from COVID-19,\u201d Stephane Bancel, Moderna\u2019s CEO, said in a statement Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Food and Drug Administration approved the new vaccine for use in all adults 65 and older, and for people age 12 to 64 who have a least one health condition that puts them at increased risk from the coronavirus.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s the same limit that the FDA set in licensing another COVID-19 vaccine option from competitor Novavax<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Those restrictions are a departure from how the U.S. has handled COVID-19 vaccines until now, reflecting skepticism about vaccines<\/a> from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/a> and other Trump officials.<\/p>\n

Moderna\u2019s existing vaccine doesn\u2019t face those limits and has long been used for anyone ages 6 months and older. The company said it expected to offer both options this fall.<\/p>\n

The FDA\u2019s approval was based on a study of 11,400 people age 12 and older that compared the new low-dose vaccine with Moderna\u2019s existing vaccine. It found the new vaccine was safe and was at least as effective \u2014 and more by some measures \u2014 than the original shot, the company said.<\/p>\n

The news came just days after the Trump administration canceled funding<\/a> for Moderna to develop a vaccine against potential pandemic flu viruses, including the H5N1 bird flu, despite promising early study results.<\/p>\n

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The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute\u2019s Science and Educational Media Group and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The AP is solely responsible for all content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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