Government Cancels $700 Million in Funding for Moderna’s Bird Flu Biologic
The U.S. government has cancelled a contract worth over $700 million awarded to Moderna, Inc. for late-stage development of an mRNA bird flu biologic for humans, as well as the right to purchase the shots. Earlier this year, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) issued the […]
FDA Licenses Moderna’s mNEXSPIKE COVID Shot for Individuals at High Risk for Severe COVID Disease
On May 30, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed mNEXSPIKE (mRNA-1283), a newly developed mRNA COVID-19 biologic for individuals who have previously received any COVID shots and are either 65 years of age or older, or between 12 and 64 years old with at least one underlying medical condition that increases their […]
Doctors Took Their Vaccine Information from Big Pharma & the BBC | Aseem Malhorta, MD
At the end of 2021 when the [COVID-19] vaccine mandates was a big story being pushed on health care workers, I instantly knew this was coming from the drug industry because by the summer of 2021 we knew [the vaccines] were not stopping infection, weren’t stopping transmission, and there was already serious harms being reported. […]
Moderna Withdraws Application for Combination COVID and Flu Vaccine
Moderna, Inc. withdrew its application for United States licensure for its combination COVID-19/Influenza vaccine known as mRNA-1083. The company stated the decision came “in consultation with” the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).1 The decision came just one day after the FDA announced the agency would require new clinical trials for approval of annual COVID […]
COVID-19 Misleading Advertising Campaign Lawsuit Against Pfizer Challenges PREP Act Liability Shield
A United States district judge has remanded a lawsuit filed by the state of Kansas against Pfizer, Inc. back to state court. This move may prevent the Public Readiness and Preparedness (PREP) Act from shielding the pharmaceutical giant from liability for Its misleading advertising campaign promoting its mRNA COVID-19 shot (Comirnaty).1 The Kansas attorney general, […]
Meningitis B Vaccine to Be Used for Gonorrhea in England
In August 2025, England will become the first country to offer a vaccine for gonorrhea after cases exceed 85,000 in 2023—the highest gonorrhea levels since recordkeeping began in 1918. The program, offered through the United Kingdom’s National Health Service (NHS), will repurpose the meningitis B vaccine, routinely given to infants, in an attempt to reduce […]