Geneva, Aug 7, 2025 (AFP) - WHO calls US axing mRNA vaccine contracts a 'significant blow'

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2025-08-07
The decision by US President Donald Trump's administration to terminate 22 federal contracts for mRNA-based vaccines is a major blow to a hugely promising platform, the World Health Organization said on Thursday. The announcement made by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. marked his latest effort to weave vaccine skepticism into the core of US government policy. "This is, of course, a significant blow," WHO immunisation figurehead Joachim Hom......
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