In two experiments, researchers have found that introducing people to "mental models" about how mRNA vaccination works and ...

A new mRNA vaccine against the flu has proven itself more effective than existing vaccines in a new clinical trial. The ...

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NEW YORK -- When the final Phase 3 data came out last November showing the mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna were more than 90% effective, Dr. Anthony Fauci had no words. He texted ...

Correcting misinformation after it has gone viral is a common way of informing the public that what they've encountered may ...

Inside a lab in the French city of Orleans, scientists are testing out the limits of molecules in our body called messenger ...

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 ...

SAN ANTONIO – The federal government’s decision to slash $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine research has sparked concern among health experts. “The news that we’re going to block a Nobel ...

A technology that played a key part in saving millions of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic 1 should be feted to the skies. Instead, US health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr announced last week that ...

The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) is canceling $500 million of contracts to develop mRNA vaccines for flu and COVID, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F ...

Jerome Adams, the U.S. Surgeon General under President Trump's first term, criticized the Department of Health and Human Services' move this week to cut funding for mRNA vaccine development. "I’ve ...

The United States recently took a dangerous step backward in its pursuit of lifesaving cures and pandemic preparedness. The Department of Health and Human Services shut down 22 federally funded mRNA ...