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How RFK Jr.’s mRNA crackdown affects vaccine making and future pandemics  The Washington Post RFK Jr. Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts  The New York Times Public health experts dismayed by RFK Jr.’s defunding of mRNA vaccine research : Shots – Health News  NPR HHS slashes funding for mRNA vaccine development  CNN What to know about mRNA vaccines as Trump admin pulls …

Getty Images mRNA vaccines were heralded as a medical marvel that saved lives during the Covid pandemic, but now the US is pulling back from researching them. US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has cancelled 22 projects – worth $500m (£376m) in funding – for tackling infections such as Covid and flu. So does Kennedy – probably the country’s …

US health agency to wind down mRNA vaccine development  Reuters Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts  The New York Times RFK Jr. announces end to some mRNA contracts, including for flu, covid  The Washington Post Health secretary RFK Jr. shuts door on U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research  statnews.com RFK Jr. slashes $500M from vaccine research  Politico Source link

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks as President Donald Trump listens at an event to promote his proposal to improve Americans’ access to their medical records in the East Room of the White House, Wednesday, July 30, 2025, in Washington. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption toggle caption Mark Schiefelbein/AP WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human …

Topline Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the cancellation of contracts and grants worth nearly $500 million earmarked for the development of mRNA vaccines, the latest in a series of moves by the long-time vaccine critic who had repeatedly cast doubts about the safety and efficacy of such shots despite pushback from scientists. HHS Secretary Robert …

The US government has decided to halt the funding of 22 projects focused on the development and manufacturing of mRNA-based vaccines that help fight respiratory diseases like COVID-19 and the flu. The decision, announced by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., stemmed from his personal and unproven theories about the efficacy of vaccines and marks the latest attempt in a …

Kennedy Cancels Nearly $500 Million in mRNA Vaccine Contracts  The New York Times RFK Jr cancels $500m in mRNA vaccine development in the US  BBC RFK Jr’s health department to halt $500m in mRNA vaccine research  The Guardian RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development  AP News RFK Jr. announces end to some mRNA contracts, including for flu, covid  The Washington Post …

Facebook Tweet Email Link For the past decade, Sughra Ayaz has traveled door to door in southeastern Pakistan, pleading with parents to allow children to be vaccinated against polio as part of a global campaign to wipe out the paralytic disease. She hears their demands and fears. Some are practical – families need basics like food and water more than …

In a small trial across ten U.S. research sites, a novel HIV vaccine candidate has shown a result that has eluded scientists for four decades: it reliably produced potent, virus-blocking antibodies in most participants. The work, published last week in Science Translational Medicine, tested three experimental vaccines built with the same mRNA technology used in COVID-19 shots but with a …

Josh Parry LGBT & Identity Reporter Joey Knock Joey decided to pay a private pharmacy for a course of gonorrhoea vaccinations in 2024 Gonorrhoea vaccines will be widely available from today in sexual health clinics across the UK, in a bid to tackle record-breaking levels of infections. The jabs will first be offered to those at highest risk – mostly …