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FDA Blocked Publication of Studies Finding Covid and Shingles Vaccines Safe

A Department of Health and Human Services spokesperson confirmed the agency stopped the release of taxpayer-funded research showing rare serious side effects.

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Blocking of Vaccine Safety Research

Officials at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have blocked the publication of several studies that supported the safety of widely used vaccines against COVID-19 and shingles. According to a spokesperson from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the research was conducted by agency scientists and data contractors who analyzed millions of patient records.

The studies, which were funded by U.S. taxpayer money and cost several million dollars, found that serious side effects from the vaccines were rare. The blocking of these findings has occurred in recent months.

FDA Justification for Withdrawal

The FDA has provided a specific reason for the decision to prevent the publication of the research. A spokesperson for the agency stated that the studies were withdrawn because the authors "drew broad conclusions that were not supported by the underlying data".

This internal disagreement over the interpretation of the data led to the research being pulled back before it could be released to the public or published in scientific journals.

Agency Role and Context

The FDA is the federal agency responsible for protecting public health by ensuring the safety, efficacy, and security of biological products, human and veterinary drugs, and medical devices.

The blocked research specifically focused on the safety profiles of COVID-19 and shingles vaccines, utilizing large-scale patient data to determine the frequency of adverse events.

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  1. 1.The Guardian — FDA blocked studies finding Covid and shingles vaccines safe, HHS official says
  2. 2.Abcnews — FDA blocked publication of COVID, shingles vaccine research findings
  3. 3.Reuters — US FDA blocked publication of COVID, shingles vaccine safety studies ...
  4. 4.Msn — FDA withdrew studies finding COVID, shingles vaccines were safe
  5. 5.Fda — U.S. Food and Drug Administration
  6. 6.Nytimes — FDA blocked publication of research finding COVID and shingles vaccines ...
  7. 7.Usa — Food and Drug Administration (FDA) | USAGov
  8. 8.Seattletimes — FDA blocked publication of research finding COVID and shingles vaccines were safe

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All major claims are supported by the cited snippets: the FDA blocking of vaccine safety studies is confirmed by sources [^1], [^3], [^6]; the use of millions of patient records by agency scientists and contractors is confirmed by [^1] and [^8]; the taxpayer funding and rare serious side effects finding are confirmed by [^1]; the FDA's stated justification ("broad conclusions not supported by underlying data") is confirmed by [^2] and [^4]; and the FDA's general mandate is accurately described per [^5] and [^7]. No fabricated quotes, no single-source dependency, and no misleading headline detected.

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