The United States government will pay vaccine manufacturer Moderna $176 million to develop a new mRNA vaccine to treat bird flu.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services will pay Moderna $176 million for a vaccine containing the same mRNA technology as the company’s COVID-19 vaccine.
Bird flu, or H5N1, has been reported in dairy cows and has infected three people in the United States.
In total, 135 dairy herds have been infected with bird flu in 12 states.
The U.S. government will pay the vaccine maker Moderna $176 million to develop a pandemic vaccine that could be used to treat bird flu in people as cases in dairy cows continue to mount across the country, federal officials announced Tuesday.
The funds are targeted for release through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and will pay for continued development of a vaccine that uses the same mRNA technology that allowed rapid development and rollout of vaccines to protect against COVID-19. The award was made through the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority, or BARDA, a program focusing on medical treatments for potential pandemics.
Moderna will launch trials to test the safety and effectiveness of a vaccine that could be used to scale up a response to a bird flu pandemic if needed.
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That should go over well. Changed the definition of vaccine to include flu shots that are anyone’s guess as to how much they are beneficial and at worse case more deadly than the virus. “Follow the science “ how about follow the money. Won’t be too long from now we won’t be able to question the science or communicate our concerns or refuse to not kiss the ring. All of a sudden after thousands of years of close proximity to birds, we suddenly have a bird flu? That just so happens not long after the supposed bat crapola or lab leak. All of a sudden dengue fever hit Florida after Gates releases his mosquito cocktail. Measles and other diseases on the rise again after open borders. Hmmm, who could be behind all of this?
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