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Trump administration drops dozens of vaccine research projects

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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - The Trump administration is scrapping dozens of federally funded vaccine research projects cutting nearly half a billion dollars in funding aimed at combating respiratory viruses such as COVID-19 and the flu. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced this week that it will terminate 22 vaccine development programs, many of them focused on advancing mRNA technology. “HHS supports safe, effective vaccines f…

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The rapid development of mRNA vaccines is considered revolutionary. Donald Trump himself once called them an "unbelievable act". Now his health minister Kennedy Jr. is cutting the funding - a change of course that makes you stunned.

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npr broke the news in Washington, United States on Thursday, August 7, 2025.
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