The U.S. government will pay the vaccine maker to accelerate development of a pandemic influenza vaccine that could be used to treat bird flu in people, as concern grows about cases in dairy cows across the country.
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U.S. will pay Moderna $176 million to develop an mRNA pandemic flu vaccine
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US government awards Moderna $176M for bird flu vaccine development
Moderna already has a bird flu vaccine in very early-stage testing that uses the same mRNA technology that allowed rapid development and rollout of vaccines to...
Public health officials and scientists have been on high alert since late March when dairy cows first became infected with the highly pathogenic bird flu, H5N1.
The U.S. government will pay the vaccine maker Moderna $176 million to accelerate development of a pandemic influenza vaccine that could be used to treat bird flu in people, as concern grows about cases in dairy cows across the country, federal officials announced Tuesday.
U.S. health officials announced Tuesday that the federal government will pay Moderna $176 million to speed development of a pandemic flu vaccine based on mRNA technology.
Funding from U.S. biodefense agency Barda will support Moderna in developing an mRNA-based pandemic flu vaccine as fears grow the H5N1 outbreak tearing through American dairy herds and poultry farms could soon leap to humans.
The US Department of Health and Human Services announced Tuesday a contract with Moderna to develop an mRNA vaccine that targets pandemic flu, in case the shot becomes necessary with the latest outbreak of bird flu.
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 U.S. government will pay the vaccine maker Moderna $176 million to accelerate development of a pandemic influenza vaccine. The vaccine could be used to treat bird flu in people
Moderna has been awarded $176 million by the U.S. government to develop a bird flu vaccine that can help prevent a pandemic. Avian influenza cases have spread rapidly this spring among dairy cows and also infected three people, officials say.
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 U.S. government has awarded $176 million to Moderna for the development of its bird flu vaccine as the country faces a H5N1 virus outbreak in dairy cows.
The U.S. government will pay the vaccine maker to accelerate development of a pandemic influenza vaccine that could be used to treat bird flu in people, as concern grows about cases in dairy cows across the country.
