Health Feb 18 Moderna says FDA will now consider its new mRNA flu shot after initial refusal By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press
Nation Feb 17 Watch 6:59 U.S. rejection of new mRNA flu vaccine 'sends chills,' epidemiologist says The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced recently that it will not review Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine, despite late-stage trials showing it was safe and effective. The rejection has many in and outside the industry concerned about the Trump administration’s… By Amna Nawaz, Courtney Norris, Bridget Craig
Science Dec 04 FDA officials said without evidence that COVID-19 vaccines have killed children. Here's what you should know COVID-19 infection carries a greater risk of myocarditis than the COVID-19 vaccines, scientists say. By Madison Czopek, PolitiFact
Health Oct 22 mRNA COVID vaccines may be helping some cancer patients fight tumors, researchers say People with advanced lung or skin cancer who were taking certain immunotherapy drugs lived substantially longer if they also got a Pfizer or Moderna shot within 100 days of starting treatment, according to preliminary research being reported Wednesday in the journal Nature. By Lauren Neergaard, Associated Press
Health Aug 06 Watch 7:51 Federal mRNA funding cut is 'most dangerous public health decision' ever, expert says Many public health experts and scientists say they are stunned by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s decision to cancel nearly half a billion dollars in federal funding for future vaccine development. MRNA technology was central in the battle against… By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas
Aug 06 A look at how mRNA vaccines work as RFK Jr. cancels government-funded research By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine critic, canceled $500 million in government-funded research projects to create new mRNA vaccines against respiratory illnesses. Continue reading
Aug 05 RFK Jr. pulls funding for vaccines being developed to fight respiratory viruses By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press The projects — 22 of them — are being led by some of the nation’s leading pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Moderna to prevent flu, COVID-19 and H5N1 infections. Continue reading
Oct 01 WATCH: Nobel in medicine goes to scientists whose work on mRNA led to COVID vaccine By David Keyton, Mike Corder, Associated Press Hungarian-American Katalin Karikó and American Drew Weissman were cited for contributing vaccine development during what the panel that awarded the prize called “one of the greatest threats to human health in modern times.”… Continue reading
May 28 After battling COVID, can mRNA vaccines fight cancer? By Tim Vernimmen, Knowable Magazine The pandemic put the technology, long in development, to the test. Here’s a look at the status of its application to cancer and when it might reach patients. Continue reading
Apr 18 Analysis: Boosters are crucial, but revamped COVID vaccines will be key to ending the pandemic By Prakash Nagarkatti, Mitzi Nagarkatti, The Conversation Research suggests that too-frequent immunizations may lead to a phenomenon called “immune exhaustion.”… Continue reading