HHS canceled federal funding for mRNA vaccine development. Experts said this could affect our preparedness for future pandemics and innovations like cancer vaccines.

The mRNA molecule eventually breaks down in the body. The Cleveland Clinic reports that the risks of mRNA vaccines include pain or swelling at the injection site, fever, fatigue, headaches, muscle aches and allergic reactions.

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.

Trump administration's HHS cancels 22 mRNA vaccine contracts totaling roughly $500 million, with Secretary Kennedy announcing a transition to "safer" alternatives.

The government has canceled nearly $500 million in research grants into the revolutionary technology, which experts believe could prove to be a game changer for global health.

On the evening of Aug. 5, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted a 2 1/2-minute video to X announcing that the Department of Health and Human Services was canceling some $500 million in mRNA vaccine research via 22 contracts from the department’s Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority.

On Scripps News, Secretary Kennedy talks about mRNA vaccines and COVID-19 vaccines: SCRIPPS NEWS HOST: So then why is it that even President Trump's former Surgeon General, Dr. Jerome Adams, said that people will die with the decision of not using mRNA vaccines for viruses like COVID and the flu.

RFK Jr. is cutting half a billion dollars in mRNA vaccine research and claiming the shots do not work, cause dangerous mutations, and should be replaced with whole virus vaccines. Jonathan Cohn talks with Dr. Paul Offit to sort fact from fiction and nonsense.