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mRNA vaccine, HHS and COVID-19

HHS phases out mRNA vaccine trials for COVID-19, bird flu
HHS says the elimination of 22 mRNA vaccine development projects for COVID-19 and bird flu signals a shift in vaccine priorities.
RFK Jr cancels $500m in funding for mRNA vaccines for diseases like Covid
Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr, a vaccine sceptic, announced he was pulling the funding over claims that "mRNA technology poses more risks than benefits for these respiratory viruses". Doctors and health experts have criticised Kennedy's longstanding questioning of the safety and efficacy of vaccines and his views on health policies.
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 through the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, the agency said Tuesday.
HHS cancels $550 million in funding for vaccine development
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced that the Department of Health and Human Services will pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.
RFK Jr. Ordered the HHS to Stop Funding mRNA Vaccine Development. The Edict Hit a Biotech Working on an Unrelated Treatment, Too.
The company, privately-held Tiba Biotech, received an email minutes after Kennedy’s Tuesday night announcement ordering the company to stop all work a $750,000 contract the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority,
HHS abandons mRNA vaccine research
One vaccine expert called the move, which cancels some $500 million in messenger RNA research contracts, a “giant step backward for science.”
HHS cancels development of mRNA vaccines for flu and COVID
HHS announced that it will no longer fund internal department research for mRNA vaccines for upper respiratory viruses like flu and COVID-19.
RFK Jr. halts $500 million for mRNA vaccine research
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the federal government is calling off around $500 million worth of vaccine ...
US axes mRNA vaccine contracts, casting doubt on technology which helped end Covid-19 pandemic
This marks US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s latest effort to weave vaccine scepticism into US policy. Read more at ...
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HHS makes mRNA vaccine project cuts as booster fatigue marks changing public attitude toward shots
On Tuesday, the US Department of Health and Human Services disclosed the end of funding for 22 mRNA vaccine projects — a ...
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RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development
The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed ...
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Robert F Kennedy Jr cuts $500m in vaccine funding for viruses like Covid
The US Department of Health and Human Services is to cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like Covid-19 and the flu. Robert F ...
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Did FDA Pick the Wrong COVID Vaccine Strain Last Season?
The researchers followed participants from October 2024 to January 2025. Median age was 76 years, and 54.2% were women. By ...
Pfizer, BioNTech lose UK appeal to overturn Moderna's COVID vaccine patent win
Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech on Friday lost their bid to overturn a ruling that their COVID-19 vaccine infringed ...
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The reality behind Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan
A technician inspects vials of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine candidate BNT162b2 at a Pfizer manufacturing site in manufacturing site in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. in an undated ...