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U.S. HHS Secretary Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Oz attend a press conference, ...

Health Aug 06

Federal mRNA funding cut is ‘most dangerous public health decision’ ever, expert says

By Geoff Bennett, Karina Cuevas

Health Aug 06

U.S. President Donald Trump attends the "Making Health Technology Great Again" event at the White House in Washington, D.C.
A look at how mRNA vaccines work as RFK Jr. cancels government-funded research

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.

By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press

Health Aug 05

FILE PHOTO: HHS Sec. Kennedy and Agriculture Sec. Rollins meet with Sen. Roger Marshall
RFK Jr. pulls funding for vaccines being developed to fight respiratory viruses

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.

By Amanda Seitz, Associated Press

Health Oct 01

Penn Medicine scientists Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman, who won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
WATCH: Nobel in medicine goes to scientists whose work on mRNA led to COVID vaccine

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.”…

By David Keyton, Mike Corder, Associated Press

Health May 28

A nurses fills up syringes for patients as they receive their coronavirus disease (COVID-19) booster vaccination during a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination clinic in Southfield, Michigan, U.S., September 29, 2021. Photo by Emily Elconin/REUTERS
After battling COVID, can mRNA vaccines fight cancer?

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.

By Tim Vernimmen, Knowable Magazine

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.”…

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Mar 07

Moderna greenlights new vaccine facility in Kenya, its first in Africa

By Associated Press

Moderna says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Kenya’s government for the drugmaker's first mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Africa.

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Jan 27

How mRNA and DNA vaccines could soon treat diseases like cancer, HIV, autoimmune disorders

By Deborah Fuller, The Conversation

DNA and mRNA vaccines produce a different kind of immune response than traditional vaccines, allowing researchers to tackle some previously unsolvable problems in medicine.

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Nov 27

Watch 7:52
COVID-19 vaccines and children: What you need to know

By PBS NewsHour

Millions of children over five across America have been vaccinated against the coronavirus – advancing the fight against the pandemic. Still, parents have concerns about potential side effects and possible booster shots. Dr. Sallie Permar, pediatrician-in-chief at New York Presbyterian…

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Sep 16

There’s no evidence COVID-19 vaccines hurt fertility. Here’s what’s fueling the myth

By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas

This moment could be an opportunity to address the consequences of leaving pregnant people, women and their unique health concerns out of medical trials and conversations.

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