The Department of Health and Human Services plans to cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu. Here's what we know.

After RFK Jr. ends vaccine funding, Louisiana's Bill Cassidy says cuts don't fit Trump agenda BY MARK BALLARD | Staff writer Aug 7, 2025 2 min to read ...

In other words, RFK Jr. plans to spend the $500 million from the canceled BARDA contracts on these allegedly safer and broader vaccine platforms. Really?

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said it would wind down mRNA vaccine development activities under its biomedical research unit.

In his ongoing crusade to make America sicker, Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has axed about $500 million in mRNA vaccine research funding.

Sen. Bill Cassidy is facing the consequences of his vote to confirm the anti-vaxxer as Donald Trump's health and human services secretary.

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced the agency will pull $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine development programs. Experts explain how this move impacts public health.

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Former Trump Surgeon General Jerome Adams warned that RFK Jr.'s decision to defund mRNA vaccine research will "cost lives." ...

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Vaccine Republican senator claims RFK Jr. mRNA vaccine decision undermines Trump agenda Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Republican, voted to convict Trump after the House impeachment in 2021 ...