Bird flu isn’t part of the “quad-demic” of viruses circulating through the country this winter—COVID, seasonal flu, ...

The latest funding is a sign of how seriously the Biden administration appears to be taking the pandemic threat.

The US Department of HHS is awarding the pharmaceutical company Moderna $590 million to continue developing a vaccine to protect against bird flu.

The Department of Health and Human Services has granted millions of dollars to Moderna to speed up bird flu vaccine development.

The government wants Moderna to push forward with various bird flu vaccines as well as mRNA shots for other influenza strains ...

Moderna has been testing an mRNA candidate for influenza viruses like the H5 and H7 strains that are seen as pandemic threats ...

According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control, the current bird flu outbreak has caused 67 human cases of ...

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will award roughly $590 million to Moderna to accelerate the development of ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., told senators Thursday he would support the development and distribution of avian flu vaccines for ...

The funding, which follows the $176 million the government awarded Moderna in June 2024, aims to get mRNA vaccines ready ...

The award will also support the expansion of clinical studies for up to five additional subtypes of pandemic influenza, Moderna said on Friday. “Avian flu variants have proven to be particularly ...

This latest financial support comes on top of the $176 million BARDA gave Moderna last summer. “Avian flu variants have proven to be particularly unpredictable and dangerous to humans in the past.