HHS cancels $776M Moderna contract for avian flu vaccine, signaling a major change in vaccine research approach.

THURSDAY, Aug. 7, 2025 (HealthDay News) — U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

Messenger RNA vaccines, or mRNA, differ from traditional ones. Instead of growing a virus and weakening it to allow the body to engage its natural defenses, mRNA vaccines use pieces of genetic code to ...

This was one in a continuing line of moves that have put Kennedy's vaccine skepticism into public policy, though scientists ...

When COVID-19 cases were surging, Dr. David Wohl saw patients “hungry for air” fill UNC hospital wards. What most saved lives ...

The decision to cancel almost $500 million dollars in U.S. funding for the development of messenger RNA vaccines is dangerous ...

In justifying the government's termination of $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine projects, Health and Human Services ...

A research project at Emory University is among the 22 grants and contracts that are being cancelled as the U.S. Department ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision this week to cancel hundreds of millions of dollars in mRNA vaccine funding ...

The decision by US President Donald Trump’s administration to terminate 22 federal contracts for mRNA-based vaccines is a ...

RNA expert Jeff Coller spoke with Live Science about the future of mRNA vaccines in the United States in the aftermath of ...