The canceled meeting comes just days after a CDC vaccine advisory committee meeting was abruptly postponed.

Summary

The FDA canceled its March meeting to select flu strains for next season’s vaccine without explanation, raising concerns among health experts.

The annual meeting is important for updating flu shots, ensuring they are effective against evolving strains.

The cancellation follows a postponed CDC vaccine meeting and comes amid a severe flu season with 19,000 adult and 86 pediatric deaths.

The WHO will still hold its strain selection meeting, but U.S. officials have limited engagement due to Trump’s WHO withdrawal order.

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    • Albbi@lemmy.caEnglish
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      7 hours ago

      On Friday, a World Health Organization advisory committee is scheduled to meet on which strains should be included in the next flu vaccines in the Northern Hemisphere. That meeting typically influences the FDA’s strain selection.

      The quick cancellation of the meeting might have some downstream effects on strain selection. I’m really hoping this won’t affect Canada.