Few medical advances in recent memory have sparked as much controversy as COVID-19 vaccines utilizing mRNA (messenger RNA). Currently, there are two such vaccines, from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.

WASHINGTON (AP) — So-called mRNA vaccines saved millions of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic — and now scientists are using that Nobel Prize-winning technology to try to develop vaccines and ...

Dr. Sarah Boyd, an infectious disease specialist with Saint Luke's Health System, told KCUR that federal cuts to mRNA research and development could cause a setback in pandemic preparedness. Last week ...

Dr. Kawsar Talaat, Associate Professor of Global Disease Epidemiology and Control at John’s Hopkins University, joins Casey Phillips, guest host of Bloom, guest host for Bloom, to explain ...

The quest for a vaccine against HIV has been going on for about 40 years — almost as long as the virus that causes AIDS has been known to scientists and the public. There has been some progress ...

The Department of Defense funds biomedical research to ensure military and pandemic preparedness. This includes mRNA vaccine ...

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 ...

RESUME FLIGHTS TONIGHT. FIVE ON YOUR HEALTH TONIGHT THE FUTURE FOR MRNA VACCINES IS IN JEOPARDY. HHS SECRETARY ROBERT F KENNEDY JR HAS CUT HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN FUNDING FOR THEM. WELL, A ...

RFK Jr. canceled $500 million of funding for research on mRNA vaccine technology. Anadolu/Getty Images At a Sept. 4, 2025, hearing before the Senate Finance Committee, Health and Human Services ...