In justifying the government's termination of $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine projects, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely claimed mRNA vaccines "fail to protect effectively" against COVID-19 and suggested they are unsafe. The mRNA shots saved millions of lives during the COVID-19 pandemic and have shown promise against influenza.| FactCheck.org
Cutting surveillance for bird flu, combined with RFK Jr's proposed “let ‘er rip” approach to poultry infections would be dangerous. This is why.| Forbes
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s HHS has canceled Moderna's mRNA bird flu vaccine. That and new restrictions on COVID-19 vaccines raise the risk of deaths and a pandemic.| Judy Stone