Surveys show vaccine hesitancy among pet owners in the United States is rising, leaving both animals and people at greater ...

A Stanford-led study probes why a very small number of people develop heart inflammation shortly after mRNA COVID-19 ...

A new study identifies a mechanism for how COVID vaccines may, in infrequent cases, drive heart inflammation, a condition ...

The federal government is cutting $500 million in research money for development of mRNA vaccines, which were widely used against the COVID-19 virus. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed his agency will be cutting funding to mRNA development, calling the vaccine technology "ineffective" and claiming it poses more risks ...

GC Biopharma (006280.KS), a leading global biopharmaceutical company, announced today that Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) in South Korea has approved the Investigational New Drug (IND) ...

The same groundbreaking technology that enabled rapid COVID-19 vaccine development is now poised to revolutionize medicine in ways that seemed impossible just a few years ago. Messenger RNA vaccines ...

Messenger RNA vaccines aren’t just saving human lives—they are protecting elephants as well. In 2024, Tess, an elephant at the Houston Zoo, became the first to receive an mRNA vaccine developed by ...

Academic researchers are worried that the government’s plans to stop investing in the development of messenger RNA vaccines, a technology university scientists first used to help develop the COVID-19 ...

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