Vinay Prasad, who was ousted as the top vaccine and gene therapy regulator at the US Food and Drug Administration, is returning to his role https://t.co/snfLbLJi9Y ...

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. . just announced he's pulling $500 million in federal funds from mRNA vaccine research and development.HHS has determined that mRNA technology poses more risk and benefits for these respiratory viruses. That's why after extensive review, BARTA has begun the process of terminating these 22 contracts totaling just under $500 million. Scientists and doctors condemned the move, pointing out that Kennedy was wrong to suggest mRNA vaccines don't protect against respiratory i ...

For some illnesses, mRNA vaccines may be very useful and they they and that would include cancers. But for upper respiratory infections, we cancelled 22 trials for upper respiratory infections. But right now, we're developing a universal vaccine at NIH, which is a vaccine that addresses the entire film of viruses.And so it's a it's a vaccine that mimics natural immunity and it um and it it is effective against any kind of mutation. So it doesn't drive the virus to mutate and it could be effective we believe ...

Other big news that's happening right now, the health department is pulling the plug on a half a billion dollars in funding specifically for mRNA vaccine development. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.. calling the technology behind current COVID and RSV vaccines quote ineffective. Take a listen. mRNA vaccines don't perform well against viruses that infect the upper respiratory tract.mRNA only codes for a small part of the viral proteins, usually a single antigen. One mutation and the vaccine becomes in ...

The Health and Human Services Department moved to remove thimerosal from flu shots in a victory for antivaccine activists who say the mercury-based preservative causes autism https://t.co/O6KCAjRXGh ...

Public Health Impact - Withdrawal of US funding from the global vaccine initiative could lead to a vast number of child deaths [1] Policy & Funding - RFK Jr's decision involves withdrawing US funding from the global vaccine initiative [1]

Immunizations “are not all good or bad,” says the chair of the vaccine committee that has been overhauled by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. https://t.co/oxv657Q4wD ...

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Let's change things up entirely here and get a news alert out of uh of RFK Junior's newly reworked vaccine panel. For that, we go over to Angelica Peele. She has the details for us.Angelica, good morning, David. Yeah, we have our first vote from this newly reconstituted vaccine panel. Remember, this is the committee that advises the CDC on how to use FDA approved vaccines, and they just voted 5 to2 to recommend that babies less than 8 months um 8 months old entering their first RSV vaccine can get Merc's RS ...