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U.S. health officials cancel $590M contract for bird flu vaccine
U.S. health officials are terminating a $590 million contract with Moderna Inc. to develop vaccines for bird flu, a major setback for the company that’s also facing additional government ...
Reuters1mon
US cancels more than $700 million funding for Moderna bird flu vaccine
May 28 (Reuters) - The Trump administration has canceled a contract awarded to Moderna (MRNA.O), opens new tab for the late-stage development of its bird flu vaccine for humans, as well as the ...
American Council on Science and Health9dOpinion
Dangerous Gamble: U.S. Abandons Bird Flu Vaccine Preparedness
The virus has not yet evolved to spread efficiently between people. Excellent vaccine technology exists, but the government ...
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US Senate Democrats demand Kennedy explain canceling bird flu vaccine ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Senate Democrats demanded on Wednesday Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. make public the reviews on which his department said it based its decision to cancel a ...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser1mon
U.S. cancels $700M Moderna bird flu vaccine program
U.S. cancels $700M Moderna bird flu vaccine ... HHS told Reuters earlier this year that it was reviewing agreements made by the Biden administration for vaccine production. “The ...
STAT11dOpinion
The U.S. must invest in mRNA vaccines against pandemic influenza viruses now
If we don’t invest in technologies like mRNA vaccines for pandemic influenza now, once a virus starts going human-to-human, ...
The Straits Times1mon
US cancels more than $900 million funding for Moderna bird flu vaccine
Moderna in January was awarded US$590 million (S$761 million) by the Biden administration to advance the development of its bird flu vaccine, and support the expansion of clinical studies for ...