The Department of Health and Human Services Aug. 7 it will no longer fund mRNA vaccine development under the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority. The termination impacts 22 projects, including the development of COVID-19 and flu vaccines. HHS said that some final-stage contracts would continue, but no new mRNA-based projects would be initiated.

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