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HHS Cancels $590 Million Moderna Bird Flu Vaccine Contract, Citing Scientific and Safety Concerns
In a major policy reversal, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has canceled a $590 million agreement with Moderna to develop a vaccine aimed at combating dangerous flu viruses with the potential to spark future pandemics — including the highly pathogenic H5N1 bird flu.
HHS cancels funding for Moderna’s candidate H5 avian flu and pandemic vaccines
In a startling pandemic preparedness development, Moderna yesterday announced that US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has terminated a $590 million award it received in January for late-stage development of a candidate mRNA vaccine against H5 avian influenza and the development of other prepandemic vaccine candidates.
Over the past three years, avian influenza (H5N1) has spread around the U.S. and affected many species of birds and mammals, ...
Outbreaks of bird flu in mammals more than doubled across the world last year, raising the risk that the virus could ...
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Bird Flu Is Killing Cats and Is on a Dangerous Path Toward HumansResearchers at the University of Maryland recently revealed a disturbing trend: cats are catching bird flu—and dying from ...
Highly pathogenic avian influenza viruses like H5N1, H5N6, and H7N9 pose an evolving global threat due to their capacity to infect birds, mammals, and occasionally humans, with sporadic outbreaks and ...
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Bird Flu Is Deadly To Cats, And Scientists Say We're Not Taking The Human Risk Seriously EnoughWhen it comes to tracking and managing bird flu, cats infected with the virus are falling under the radar. Scientists […] ...
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Health officials are making a renewed call for vigilance against bird flu, but some experts are puzzling over why reports of ...
As bird flu sweeps across US poultry and cattle farms, researchers are racing to find ways to contain the outbreaks before ...
The U.S. government is pulling its funding for drugmaker Moderna to continue testing an mRNA vaccine intended to protect people from the bird flu.
An 11-year-old boy in Cambodia has died from bird flu, the country's fourth victim of four confirmed cases of the infection this year.
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