An mRNA-based flu shot could make a huge difference in flu prevention, allowing scientists to pick a better strain match.

A new study by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai overturns a longstanding assumption about how mRNA vaccines generate immunity, revealing that certain non-immune cells help ...

The Department of Health and Human Services has defended cuts to vaccine research with statements that mislead on the safety of mRNA technology, despite an extensive history of testing. “After a ...

WASHINGTON, DC: Jayanta Bhattacharya, Director of the National Institutes of Health. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Director of the National Institutes of Health, Jay Bhattacharya, recently ...

Vaccines using mRNA technology weren’t immune to the latest round of federal research cuts. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this week that he’s pulling the plug on ...

Conceptual image of a gloved hand holding a syringe. Space for copy. Conceptual image of a gloved hand holding a syringe. Space for copy.Getty Images The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ...

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The United States may be losing its edge in mRNA technology­­. The technology, which powered life-saving COVID-19 vaccines and is now rocketing new cancer therapeutics forward, will soon undergo a ...

The mRNA-based Covid vaccines helped blunt the impact of the pandemic but also sparked political backlash that has threatened ...