
Funding Cut for Moderna’s Pandemic Vaccine Sparks Controversy
Published on: May 29, 2025, 5:43 a.m. | Source: Devdiscourse
The Trump administration has withdrawn $766 million allocated to Moderna Inc for developing a pandemic flu vaccine. Despite promising interim results against the H5 bird flu virus, Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr’s skepticism over mRNA vaccines influenced the funding cut, raising concerns about pandemic preparedness.