HHS terminating $750M for Moderna’s mRNA-based bird flu vaccines amid safety concerns
By Alec Schemmel | Fox News
The decision follows HHS's removal of COVID vaccines from federal vaccine recommendations for children and pregnant women
President Donald Trump's Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is terminating awards totaling more than $750 million dollars that were provided to pharmaceutical manufacturer Moderna to help facilitate its production of mRNA-based bird flu vaccines.
During President Joe Biden's final week in office, his administration awarded $590 million to Moderna to help speed up its production of mRNA-based vaccines. The $590 million award followed a separate $176 million award Biden gave to Moderna earlier last year for mRNA vaccine technology.
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