Moderna Scores Federal Funding For mRNA Bird Flu Vaccine As Pandemic Fears Grow

Moderna has secured $176 million in federal funding to develop mRNA vaccines against a potential bird flu pandemic, the Boston-based company announced Tuesday, a move that could bolster U.S. vaccine stockpiles as health officials and experts worry the highly contagious H5N1 influenza virus tearing through poultry farms and cattle herds could spread to humans . Getty Images Moderna said the U.S. government funds will bankroll "late-stage development for an mRNA-based vaccine" against H5 influenza virus to en ...