Team Trump canceled a $770 mln contract with Moderna to develop an H5 vaccine. In a cost-benefit analysis, it’s a dangerous blunder. The last pandemic ran up an $18 trln tab and killed more Americans than all US wars combined.

In today's Pharmalittle roundup, we're reading about HHS canceling a Moderna contract, FDA rejecting a rare disease drug, and more.

H5 avian flu vaccine study shows positive interim results Company has been notified that HHS will terminate Moderna’s award for late-stage development of pre-pandemic influenza vaccines CAMBRIDGE, MA / ACCESS Newswire / May 28,

Even fear of the bird flu isn’t stopping some Floridians from hand-feeding scrub jays, fascinating the author.