FierceBiotech
GSK walks away from $100M bet on Mersana's STING ADC, pauses mRNA bird flu shot program
GSK has finally called time on its pact with Mersana Therapeutics despite sinking $100 million to secure an option for an antibody-drug conjugate (ADC). That deal, signed back in 2022, centered on XMT ...
The Daily Signal
Senate Report: Biden FDA ‘Ignored’ Early COVID-19 Vaccine Safety Warnings
A Senate report alleges that Biden administration health officials failed to act on early warning signs of potential COVID-19 vaccine side effects identified by a Food and Drug Administration ...
The Conversation
How the concept of ‘medical freedom’ is reshaping the military’s decades‑long stance on the flu vaccine mandate − and endangering troops’ readiness
For the first time in almost 80 years, U.S. service members will no longer be mandated to receive the annual influenza vaccine. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the change on April 22, 2026.
Ars Technica
Europe—not US—first to authorize Moderna’s combo mRNA flu-COVID vaccine
I think the single most important problem our species needs to solve is to figure out how to keep psychopaths from gaining power. A psychopath in a position of power in the past might cause a tribe, a ...
Ars Technica
Europe—not US—first to authorize Moderna’s combo mRNA flu-COVID vaccine
Moderna’s mRNA-based combination vaccine against both flu and COVID-19 has gotten the green light in Europe—but it continues to be shelved in the US, where it was developed. This week, the European ...
Sports Illustrated
Keeley Block Lifts Women's Lacrosse In Overtime Against Johns Hopkins Into The Big Ten Championship
The Maryland women's lacrosse team overcame a great comeback effort by Johns Hopkins to enter its name into the Big Ten Championship on Sunday. May 30, 2011; Baltimore, MD, USA; Maryland Terrapins ...
Military.com
Health Experts Weigh In on Effects of DOD's Optional Flu Vaccine Policy
Health experts are hoping the effects of new Pentagon policy are minimal following Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s directive to make flu vaccines optional rather than required. Hegseth made the ...
STAT
Moderna continues bird flu vax study, but limits work in the U.S.
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The Hill
GOP Armed Services chair warns ending mandatory military flu shots ‘a mistake’
Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) said the Pentagon’s policy change to no longer require all U.S. troops to get flu shots is a “mistake,” drawing a contrast between flu ...
USA Today
Pentagon revokes mandatory flu vaccine policy, calling it 'absurd'
Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth announced the military is doing away with a longstanding vaccination policy that required service members to receive the flu shot. In a video post on X on April 21, Hegseth ...
WGAL
Pentagon makes flu shot optional for troops, rescinding requirement
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday that the U.S. military will no longer require the annual flu vaccine for troops."Our new policy is simple. If you, an American warrior entrusted to ...