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Getting a COVID-19 vaccine is trickier now than in years past, but still possible. d3sign/Moment via Getty Images

Off‑label use of COVID‑19 vaccines was once discouraged but has become common amid new guidelines

Shannon Fyfe, Washington and Lee University and Elizabeth Lanphier, University of Cincinnati

A cascade of changes to eligibility guidelines for the updated COVID-19 vaccines left Americans unsure whether they could still get the shot. That’s where off-label use comes in.
Research suggests that about 20% of all prescriptions are administered “off-label.” Hafakot/iStock via Getty Images Plus

‘Off‑label’ use is common in medicine – a bioethicist and legal philosopher explain why the COVID‑19 vaccines are different

Elizabeth Lanphier, University of Cincinnati and Shannon Fyfe, George Mason University

The CDC’s COVID-19 vaccine provider agreement prohibits health care professionals from administering the vaccines in people for whom they are not yet authorized or approved. But this departs from longstanding norms.

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