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COVID-19 booster shots: Fauci stresses need for FDA approval amid White House spat
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Dr. Anthony Fauci has stressed the need for approval from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) before proceeding with COVID-19 vaccine booster shots amid a spat between the White House and health officials.
Reports last week, though, indicated that two FDA officials planned to step down due to continued frustration that the Biden administration appeared to be following the direction of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) for guidance on booster shots. However, Fauci has claimed that the FDA approval remains the most important step in devising any plan for distributing booster shots. "We were hoping that we would get the both the candidates, both products Moderna and Pfizer rolled out by the week of the 20th, it is conceivable that we will only have one of them out, but the other would likely follow soon thereafter," Fauci said on CBS’s "Face the Nation."More Related News