A personalized mRNA vaccine for pancreatic cancer has shown early promise in a small phase 1 trial of 16 people. A mRNA-based cancer vaccine has shown impressive results in a small trial in patients ...

With the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. canceling nearly $500 million in mRNA vaccine research contracts on Tuesday, you may be wondering if mRNA vaccines are safe.

Angus Chen covers all issues broadly related to cancer including drugs, policy, science, and equity. He joined STAT in 2021 after covering health and science at NPR and NPR affiliate stations. His ...

The United States may be losing its edge in mRNA technology­­. The technology, which powered life-saving COVID-19 vaccines and is now rocketing new cancer therapeutics forward, will soon undergo a ...

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., speaks at an event where Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins signed SNAP food choice waivers at the USDA Whitten Building on Monday. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced he is cancelling contracts and grants worth nearly $500 million earmarked to develop mRNA vaccines, as the long-time vaccine critic ...

Former U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams pushed back against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Sunday for recently winding down its mRNA vaccine development activities via the ...

Messenger RNA technology, better known as mRNA technology, made it possible to rapidly deploy a new vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic — much earlier than would otherwise have been possible, saving ...