Vials with Pfizer-Bionntech vaccine labels and modern coronavirus (COVID-19) are observed in this illustration image taken on March 19, 2021.
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Actions of Pfizer and Modern He fell on Friday after a report that Trump administration officials plan to link Covid vaccines with the death of 25 children.
The Washington Post report said officials plan to include the claim in a presentation next week to a key vaccine panel that advises the centers for disease control and prevention. That committee plays a fundamental role in determining vaccines access, since it reviews immunization data and makes recommendations on who is eligible for shots and if insutors should cover them, among other duties.
But the presentation to that panel is not definitive, the post reported.
“FDA staff and CDCs analyze routinely and other security monitoring data, and those reviews are shared publicly through the established ACIP process,” said a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services in a statement, referring to the Panel, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee.
“Until that is shared publicly, any of this should be considered pure speculation,” added the spokesman.
Pfizer's actions fell more than 3% on Friday, while modern shares fell more than 7%. NovávaxThat creates protein -based Covid shots, more than 4%slid.
The report occurs when the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., moves to change vaccine policy in the United States, has eliminated Covid Shoot recommendations for healthy children and pregnant women and establishes new limits in the approval of new soaps against the virus.
In a statement, Modern said that the security of his vaccine is “rigorously monitored” by the company, the FDA and the regulators in more than 90 countries. The systems in the United States, Australia, Canada and Europe have not identified “any new security concern or unresolved in children or pregnant women,” added modern.
Pfizer did not immediately respond to a request for comments.
Numerous studies have shown that shots that use RNM technology, including Pfizer and modern Covid vaccines, are safe and effective, and serious side effects have occurred in extremely rare cases.
Researchers have noticed a high but rare risk of myocarditis, or inflamed heart muscle, in young men in particular. But there is no evidence that vaccines in use now cause other important security risks, including pediatric deaths. Global surveillance data also generally shows that the benefits of COVID vaccination exceed risks in pediatric populations.
The Washington Post said that the claim seems to be based on the information submitted to the Federal System of Adverse Event Reports of Vaccines, which monitors the safety of the approved or authorized shots by the Food and Medicines Administration. The system contains unseested reports of side effects, including patients, doctors and pharmacists.
Only scientists and public health officials can determine, after an exhaustive investigation, if a vaccine caused or contributed to a side effect presented to the system, according to the CDC website.
Last week, FDA Commissioner Marty Makary told CNN that the agency is carrying out an “intense investigation” about whether Covid shots have caused deaths in children. He did not share specific data that link pediatric deaths with the vaccine, but indicated self -informed incidents in the security system database.
The FDA plans to publish a report in the coming weeks, Makary added.
“We know it in the FDA, because we have been investigating the [vaccine safety] Self reporting database, which have died from the Covid vaccine, “Makary told CNN.
During a Senate audience last week, Kennedy said he supports a statement made by a freshly appointed member of a key government vaccine panel that RNM vaccines represent a dangerous risk for people.
