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mRNA tech could help fight cancer, but cuts threaten progress, experts say -- Federal funding cuts to mRNA technology research doesn't just impact COVID vaccines - experts say it could stall progress in treatment for cancers, rare disease and more. -- Aug 13

Federal funding cuts to mRNA technology research doesn't just impact COVID vaccines — experts say it could stall progress in treatment for cancers, rare disease and more.

CBS News - Science - 8 hours ago

Health News -- New study highlights inconsistencies in defining long COVID -- The medical field still lacks a clear answer as to what constitutes long COVID, despite hundreds of published studies and millions of sufferers worldwide.

The medical field still lacks a clear answer as to what constitutes long COVID, despite hundreds of published studies and millions of sufferers worldwide.

UPI - Health - 1 day ago

U.S. News -- CDC director: Misinformation 'lead to deadly consequence' in Atlanta -- The CDC director described the dangers of misinformation, four days after a gunman shot at the headquarters in Atlanta, claiming the COVID-19 shot sickened him.

The CDC director described the dangers of misinformation, four days after a gunman shot at the headquarters in Atlanta, claiming the COVID-19 shot sickened him.

UPI - Health - 1 day ago

Government -- Florida Officials Won't Say If COVID Is Spreading at Alligator Alcatraz

If there's an infectious disease spreading at the facility, the state refuses to say so.

Miami New Times - US News - 1 day ago

Toby Moore: Covid spending can be justified, despite Treasury report

Opinion: Former staffer in Grant Robertson's office responds to Treasury's Covid report.

NZ Herald - Opinion - 2 days ago

FDA may pull authorization of Pfizer's Covid vaccine for kids under 5, company says

The potential move to rescind authorization of Pfizer's vaccine could leave some kids in the U.S. with no available shots against Covid.

CNBC - Health - 2 days ago

British researchers find that living through the pandemic aged people's brains, regardless of a COVID-19 infection.

A British study has found that the COVID-19 pandemic aged people’s brains by almost six months, regardless of infection status.

Deutsche Welle - Health - 3 days ago

Gunman in CDC shooting blamed COVID-19 vaccine for making him suicidal

“He was very unsettled, and he very deeply believed that vaccines hurt him and were hurting other people,” the gunman's neighbor said.

Washington Examiner - Health - 4 days ago

CDC shooter blamed COVID vaccine for depression. Union demands statement against misinformation

A Georgia man who opened fire at CDC headquarters, killing a police officer, blamed the COVID-19 vaccine for his depression. A CDC workers union calls for a statement about vaccine misinformation.

Los Angeles Times - Science - 5 days ago

Over 30 people are hit with boardroom ban over misuse of UK Covid loans

The pandemic-era Bounce Back Loans scheme delivered more than £1bn (€1.15bn) to small businesses in Northern Ireland but has now triggered a high number of...

Independent.ie - Business - 11 days ago

Moderna to slash 10% of workforce as biotech cuts costs, Covid shot sales slow

In a memo to employees, Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel said the company expects to have fewer than 5,000 workers by the end of the year.

CNBC - Health - 15 days ago

Pandemic aged our brains faster, whether or not we got COVID, study says

Living through the pandemic aged our brains faster — even among people who never became sick with COVID-19, according to a recent study.

Los Angeles Times - Science - 16 days ago

Sir David Nabarro, WHO's special envoy for Covid-19, dies aged 75

The World Health Organisation’s director-general Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said he was ‘deeply shocked and saddened’.

Evening Standard - Health - 20 days ago

U.S. just radically changed its COVID vaccine recommendations: How will it affect you?

As promised, federal health officials this week dropped longstanding recommendations that healthy children and healthy pregnant women should get the COVID-19 vaccines.

Los Angeles Times - Science - 2 months ago

A new COVID subvariant spreads rapidly as Trump pivots away from vaccines

A new, highly transmissible COVID subvariant has been detected in California — heightening the risk of a summer wave as recent moves by the Trump administration threaten to make vaccines harder to get, and more expensive, for many Americans, some health experts warn.

Los Angeles Times - Science - 2 months ago

Trump administration cancels $766-million Moderna contract to fight pandemic flu

The company said it was notified Wednesday that the Health and Human Services Department had withdrawn funds awarded.

Los Angeles Times - Science - 2 months ago