The federal government is cutting $500 million in research money for development of mRNA vaccines, which were widely used against the COVID-19 virus. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — So-called mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic — and now scientists are using that Nobel Prize-winning technology to try to develop vaccines and ...

NPR's Steve Inskeep talks with epidemiologist Michael Osterholm about a Trump administration decision to end funding for research into vaccines that fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu ...

With the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. canceling nearly $500 million in mRNA vaccine research contracts on Tuesday, you may be wondering if mRNA vaccines are safe.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he is cancelling contracts and grants worth nearly $500 million earmarked to develop mRNA vaccines, as the long-time vaccine critic ...

The Trump administration is terminating 22 contracts focused on developing mRNA vaccines and winding down additional federal investments in mRNA technology, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert ...

A biotech that lost federal funding Tuesday following Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s edict that his agency’s pandemic preparedness division stop funding development of messenger RNA-based ...

In his ongoing crusade to make America sicker and dumber, Health and Human Services Secretary (I bristle every time I type that title) Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has axed about $500 million in vital mRNA ...

Messenger RNA vaccines aren’t just saving human lives—they are protecting elephants as well. In 2024, Tess, an elephant at the Houston Zoo, became the first to receive an mRNA vaccine developed by ...

Generating effective protection against HIV may require a complex vaccine consisting of a series of different viral proteins. Now, two trials of the potential components delivered via mRNA have ...