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HHS Freezes Vaxart’s Oral COVID-19 Vaccine, Again
The stop order came on Aug. 5, the same day Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. terminated 22 mRNA vaccine projects under ...
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The federal government cut nearly $500 million in mRNA research. Here's what that means
Dr. Sarah Boyd, an infectious disease specialist with Saint Luke's Health System, told KCUR that federal cuts to mRNA ...
What are mRNA vaccines, and what is the impact of RFK Jr. slashing $500M to research them?
This was one in a continuing line of moves that have put Kennedy's vaccine skepticism into public policy, though scientists ...
Cutting federal funds for mRNA vaccine leaves the US vulnerable, experts say
This week, President Donald Trump called Operation Warp Speed, a public-private federal program that helped speed up the ...
The fate of the mRNA vaccine
US to terminate mRNA vaccine contracts, sparking safety concerns, while WHO calls for TB research scale-up in SE Asia.
What to know about mRNA vaccines
WASHINGTON -- So-called mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic — and now scientists are using ...
HHS slashes funding for mRNA vaccine development
US Health and Human Services is “winding down” its mRNA vaccine development and will instead fund other vaccine platforms ...
RFK Jr cancels $500 million in mRNA research, HHS to prioritize 'safer' vaccine alternatives
Trump administration's HHS cancels 22 mRNA vaccine contracts totaling roughly $500 million, with Secretary Kennedy announcing ...
Former Surgeon General on HHS cancelling vaccine research: ‘Over 2 million lives have been saved because of mRNA technology’
Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams on Sunday pushed back against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ...
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Another explanation for canceled mRNA contracts
NIH director Jay Bhattacharya has offered a new explanation for why the federal government canceled $500 million in contracts ...