The FDA withdrew publication of some studies reporting that COVID‑19 and shingles vaccines were safe, saying authors’ conclusions exceeded their data. That action, combined with the CDC’s blocking of an effectiveness study later published in a peer‑reviewed journal (covered in an ABC News explainer), forms a pattern of recent federal actions delaying or preventing release of vaccine research and has intensified concerns about transparency and review standards.
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