In Axing mRNA Contract, Trump Delivers Another Blow to US Biosecurity, Former Officials Say
- The Trump administration discontinued funding totaling $766 million that was allocated for creating mRNA vaccines targeting potential pandemic influenza strains, a move that former health security officials say weakens US biological defense.
- This cancellation followed cuts to research budgets and policy changes that gutted health agencies amid warnings of the bird flu H5N1 as a key pandemic threat.
- MRNA vaccines offer a faster development process by bypassing complex biological methods, yet since March, testing for bird flu has been conducted on just a small number of farmworkers in the U.S.
- HHS communications director Andrew Nixon explained that continuing to fund Moderna’s H5N1 mRNA vaccine was deemed neither scientifically appropriate nor ethically defensible, in light of concerns about potential adverse effects.
- Experts warn these actions worsen pandemic preparedness, risking reliance on others during future outbreaks, with former top vaccine adviser Peter Marks resigning over assaults on scientific truth.
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'Hunger games': Trump admin delivers another 'baffling' blow to US biosecurity
The Trump administration’s cancellation of $766 million in contracts to develop mRNA vaccines against potential pandemic flu viruses is the latest blow to national defense, former health security officials said. They warned that the U.S. could be at the mercy of other countries in the next pandemic. “The administration’s actions are gutting our deterrence from biological threats,” said Beth Cameron, a senior adviser to the Brown University Pande…
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In Axing mRNA Contract, Trump Delivers Another Blow to US Biosecurity, Former Officials Say
The Trump administration’s cancellation of $766 million in contracts to develop mRNA vaccines against potential pandemic flu viruses is the latest blow to national defense, former health security officials said. They warned that the U.S. could be at the mercy of other countries in the next pandemic. “The administration’s actions are gutting our deterrence from biological threats,” said Beth Cameron, a senior adviser to the Brown University Pande…
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