
Do Americans need boosters yet? Here are the questions the FDA will be asking
CNN
Vaccine advisers to the FDA start meeting early Friday to discuss whether Americans need booster shots yet.
It's a simple question but one that has become bogged down in politics and turf battles. It's sometimes seemed to put the FDA's independence at odds with a White House team eager to appear to be out ahead of an unpredictable pandemic.
On the surface, it's a routine consideration of one company's request for permission to start giving people a third, booster shot of its vaccine to help improve protection.

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