Transparency advocates have criticised the US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) decision not to hold a formal advisory committee meeting to discuss Pfizer’s application for full approval of its covid-19 vaccine.

Last year the FDA said it was “committed…

News reports out of India today announced that a new experimental COVID-19 vaccine has been given emergency use approval for children from age 12 through age 18 on Friday. It is reportedly the "world’s first needle-free DNA based vaccine." The existing experimental…