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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Vaccine misinformation blamed for fatal CDC shooting – The Hill
Vaccine misinformation blamed for fatal CDC shooting The Hill CDC shooter had police contacts over suicide, used father’s guns in attack: officials Fox News CVS manager describes CDC Atlanta shooting attack: ‘I still hear the sirens’ FOX 5 Atlanta Gunman in CDC shooting fired nearly 500 shots after breaking into his father’s gun safe. Here’s what we know CNN CDC shooting highlights risks of …
Read More »CDC shooter, motivated by vaccine distrust, died of self-inflicted gunshot wound – Politico
CDC shooter, motivated by vaccine distrust, died of self-inflicted gunshot wound Politico Gunman in CDC shooting fired nearly 500 shots after breaking into his father’s gun safe. Here’s what we know CNN After CDC shooting, its employees turn their anger to RFK Jr. and Trump The Washington Post Photo released of gunman in CDC Atlanta shooting 11Alive.com RFK Jr. in interview with Scripps News: …
Read More »Experimental ‘Off-the-Shelf’ Cancer Vaccine Is Already Prolonging Lives, Study Suggests
An experimental “off-the-shelf” vaccine for recurring pancreatic and colorectal cancer is showing great promise so far. Early results show that the vaccine appears to be safe and is potentially prolonging people’s lives. Researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, and elsewhere are developing the vaccine, called ELI-002. In Phase I …
Read More »Cancer-fighting vaccine prompts immune response for some patients – Euronews.com
Cancer-fighting vaccine prompts immune response for some patients Euronews.com Pancreatic cancer vaccine prevents recurrence in Phase 1 clinical trial NBC News Off-the-shelf vaccine shows promise in preventing cancers returning, study finds The Guardian Lymph node-targeted, mKRAS-specific amphiphile vaccine in pancreatic and colorectal cancer: phase 1 AMPLIFY-201 trial final results Nature The 6 signs of pancreatic cancer to never ignore The Independent Source link
Read More »Hiltzik: RFK Jr.’s cancellation of mRNA vaccine research is folly
On first glance, the data that Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. cited to justify canceling some $500 million in federal grants for mRNA vaccine research looked impressive. The data, according to the agency, were embodied in some 400 research papers listed in a compilation that ran to 181 pages. The document was headlined “COVID-19 mRNA ‘vaccine’ …
Read More »RFK Jr. Slapped Down by Medical Journal Over Vaccine Study Retraction Request
The editor-in-chief of a prominent medical journal has rejected Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s call to retract a study that found no links between childhood vaccination and 50 chronic health disorders. Reuters reported on Monday that the Annals of Internal Medicine will not retract the 2025 study, which analyzed data from 1.2 million Danish children and focused on vaccines that contain …
Read More »Lack of public trust led to cancellation of mRNA vaccine contracts
The head of the National Institutes of Health has offered a new explanation for why the federal government canceled $500 million in contracts to help develop messenger RNA vaccines, saying the platform is not viable because the public doesn’t trust it. The agency’s director, Jay Bhattacharya, made the statement during an appearance on right-wing provocateur Steve Bannon’s podcast, “War Room,” …
Read More »The Guardian view on RFK Jr’s vaccine cuts: an assault on science from a politician unfit for his office | Editorial
Science is not black and white. It’s more complicated and more exciting. It’s a constant process of exploration. An adventure into the unknown. Scientists come up with theories about what might be going on, and then test them. They don’t always get it right. Far from it. But inch by inch, testing, failing and trying again, they make progress. Robert F …
Read More »Ousted FDA vaccine chief Vinay Prasad returning to agency
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Food and Drug Administration official is getting his job back as the agency’s top vaccine regulator, less than two weeks after he was pressured to step down at the urging of biotech executives, patient groups and conservative allies of President Donald Trump. Dr. Vinay Prasad is resuming leadership of the FDA center that regulates vaccines and …
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