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The Trump administration on Tuesday eliminated 22 federally funded mRNA vaccine development projects for COVID-19 and bird flu, signaling a dramatic retreat from the technology that played a central role in ending the coronavirus pandemic. The decision, made by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), affects research being …

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. faced intense scrutiny Tuesday during a fiery House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing on the Biden administration’s proposed 2026 health budget. While Republicans on the committee largely defended Kennedy and praised his efforts to “disrupt the broken status quo,” Democrats sharply …