WASHINGTON, DC: Jayanta Bhattacharya, Director of the National Institutes of Health. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Director of the National Institutes of Health, Jay Bhattacharya, recently ...

The United States is turning its back on what could be the greatest medical advance in a generation — vaccines made with messenger RNA, or mRNA, technology. The U.S. Department of Health and Human ...

Few medical advances in recent memory have sparked as much controversy as COVID-19 vaccines utilizing mRNA (messenger RNA). Currently, there are two such vaccines, from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.

The United States may be losing its edge in mRNA technology­­. The technology, which powered life-saving COVID-19 vaccines and is now rocketing new cancer therapeutics forward, will soon undergo a ...

RFK Jr. canceled $500 million of funding for research on mRNA vaccine technology. Anadolu/Getty Images At a Sept. 4, 2025, hearing before the Senate Finance Committee, Health and Human Services ...

Aside from maybe high school biology classes, the first time many people heard of mRNA was during the pandemic because of the vital role MRNA technology played in COVID-19 vaccines. As the building ...

The United States recently took a dangerous step backward in its pursuit of lifesaving cures and pandemic preparedness. The Department of Health and Human Services shut down 22 federally funded mRNA ...

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