Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

NEW YORK -- When the final Phase 3 data came out last November showing the mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna were more than 90% effective, Dr. Anthony Fauci had no words. He texted ...

If you think last week's decision by the federal government to halt $500 million in funding for vaccine development projects that use mRNA technology will only affect COVID vaccines, think again.

Dr. Sarah Boyd, an infectious disease specialist with Saint Luke's Health System, told KCUR that federal cuts to mRNA research and development could cause a setback in pandemic preparedness. Last week ...

They’re turning their backs on a technology thought to have saved millions of lives—with the potential to save many more. This time five years ago, we were in the throes of the covid-19 pandemic. By ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — Canceling federal mRNA vaccine projects threatens much more than pandemic response, according to Michigan State University’s Director of the Precision Health Program, Anna ...

Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious diseases, including outbreaks, preparedness, research, and vaccine development. Follow her on Mastodon and Bluesky. You can reach Helen on ...

The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) is canceling $500 million of contracts to develop mRNA vaccines for flu and COVID, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F ...

US Government cuts to mRNA vaccine research could set technological advances, reduce access to therapies, and raise their costs. mRNA vaccines are credited with helping to end the COVID-19 pandemic ...

Just one weekly puff from an asthma-like inhaler might one day protect you from the viral infections that make winters miserable – and could even save your life in the event of another pandemic. That ...