The strange reason flu shots have been so hard to improve
On August 5, 2025, the Department of Health and Human Services canceled 22 mRNA vaccine projects worth roughly $500 million and told the country it would stop investing in the technology that had brought us life-saving Covid vaccines. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a longtime vaccine skeptic, claimed that the data showed these vaccines […]
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Published: 8 August 2026
Source: Vox Future Perfect
Category: News
Topics: Healthcare · Finance, VC & PE
Retrieved: 9 August 2026
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