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The move significantly changes how the US government approaches Covid vaccination, moving away from the previous \u201cone-size-fits-all\u201d strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Published in the <em>New England Journal of Medicine<\/em>, the FDA framework calls for extensive studies before authorizing Covid-19 boosters for healthy individuals. Officials aim to align the US strategy more closely with other countries and ensure vaccines target the people who need them most.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cWe simply don\u2019t know whether a healthy 52-year-old woman with a normal BMI who has had Covid-19 three times and has received six previous doses of a Covid-19 vaccine will benefit from the seventh dose,\u201d wrote FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary and vaccine chief Dr. Vinay Prasad in the journal article.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>The new policy comes amid a broader reevaluation of the nation\u2019s Covid-19 vaccination strategy under Health Secretary Robert F. 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