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How RFK Jr.’s misguided science on mRNA vaccines is shaping policy − a vaccine expert examines the false claims

How RFK Jr.’s misguided science on mRNA vaccines is shaping policy − a vaccine expert examines the false claims

On Sept. 4, 2025, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is scheduled to testify before the Senate Finance Committee, where he is expected to face questions about his vaccine policies. A few days prior, on Sept. 1, 2025, President Donald Trump demanded pharmaceutical companies to prove that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines work, saying that the CDC was “being …

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The Risks of Trump’s Turn Against mRNA Vaccines – Grayson Logue

The Risks of Trump’s Turn Against mRNA Vaccines – Grayson Logue

More than four years ago, President Donald Trump heralded the arrival of safe and effective messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccines for COVID-19. He called them “a monumental national achievement” and “one of the greatest miracles in the history of modern-day medicine.”  The mRNA platform enabled scientists to begin work on a vaccine within days of the publication of COVID-19’s genetic sequence. …

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New mRNA Cancer Vaccine Delivers Stunning Results, Sparks Universal Treatment Hopes – SciTechDaily

New mRNA Cancer Vaccine Delivers Stunning Results, Sparks Universal Treatment Hopes  SciTechDaily A new cancer vaccine just wiped out tumors in mice  ScienceDaily Could Cancer Vaccines Become a Reality Within the Next Decade?  Curetoday Hung Trinh Shares a 2025 Update on RNA-Based Cancer Vaccines  Oncodaily Scientists Discuss the Recent CancerVax Breakthrough  The Manila Times Source link

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RFK Jr’s attack on mRNA technology endangers the world – The Economist

RFK Jr’s attack on mRNA technology endangers the world – The Economist

RFK Jr’s attack on mRNA technology endangers the world  The Economist Operation Warp Speed was miraculous. Trump admin should not abandon technology that made it possible  Fox News Opinion | America Is Abandoning One of the Greatest Medical Breakthroughs  The New York Times Top Scientist Issues Stark mRNA Vaccine Warning to U.S.  Newsweek Funding cuts to impact mRNA vaccine development efforts in SC  Live 5 …

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mRNA: Deliverance, Dud, or Danger? – The Free Press

mRNA: Deliverance, Dud, or Danger? – The Free Press

mRNA: Deliverance, Dud, or Danger?  The Free Press RFK Jr’s attack on mRNA technology endangers the world  The Economist RFK Jr. poked at vaccine research funds. That could hurt local research, industry  The Spokesman-Review Opinion | America Is Abandoning One of the Greatest Medical Breakthroughs  The New York Times Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Global impact of the US slamming the door on vaccines: ‘We …

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Cancelling mRNA studies is the highest irresponsibility

Cancelling mRNA studies is the highest irresponsibility

You have full access to this article via your institution. Italian street artist Harry Greb’s mural in front of Rome’s health ministry celebrating the arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in 2021.Credit: Marilla Sicilia/Archivio Marilla Sicilia/Mondadori Portfolio/Getty A technology that played a key part in saving millions of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic1 should be feted to the skies. Instead, US health …

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NIH cancels mRNA vaccine contracts, citing lack of public trust – The Hill

NIH cancels mRNA vaccine contracts, citing lack of public trust  The Hill Why RFK Jr.’s Anti-Vaccine Campaign Is Working  The Atlantic Trump administration leaves biotech investors more wary than ever of funding mRNA vaccines  statnews.com Moderna Stock Jumps as NIH Chief Tempers Administration’s Attack on mRNA  Barron’s Opinion | Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s Impact So Far: ‘The Worst Possible Case’  The New York Times Source …

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RFK Jr. Is Supporting mRNA Research—Just Not for Vaccines

RFK Jr. Is Supporting mRNA Research—Just Not for Vaccines

One of the targeted recipients, Tiba Biotech, had a $750,000 contract with BARDA that was slated to end October 30. The company was developing an RNAi-based therapeutic for H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu. RNAi is short for RNA interference and refers to small pieces of RNA that can shut down the production of specific proteins. The approach has …

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mRNA technology could hold hope for fighting cancer, but future is in doubt under RFK Jr.

mRNA technology could hold hope for fighting cancer, but future is in doubt under RFK Jr.

If you think last week’s decision by the federal government to halt $500 million in funding for vaccine development projects that use mRNA technology will only affect COVID vaccines, think again.  These types of vaccines use messenger RNA, or mRNA, to prompt the body to make proteins that induce an antibody response to protect against a pathogen. The science behind it is also …

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How federal cuts to mRNA vaccine development will affect Vermont 

How federal cuts to mRNA vaccine development will affect Vermont 

Senior Manufacturing Science Associate Diane Morgan performs an analysis of plasmid DNA at Vernal Biosciences in Colchester on Tuesday, Aug. 12. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced last week that his department would slash about $500 million in mRNA vaccine contracts, a hit to an industry already reeling from other public …

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