Children's Health Defense
Federal support for mRNA vaccine research hasn’t been canceled despite media reports to the contrary, a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) told The Defender today.
KFF Health News last week reported that the Institutes of Health (NIH) had directed scientists to remove references to mRNA technology from their grant applications, suggesting the agency might be planning to terminate future research on the technology.
According to KFF Health News, Acting NIH Director Matthew Memoli sent an agency-wide email last week instructing that any research or grants involving mRNA vaccines be reported directly to the White House and HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
But in a statement provided to The Defender, Emily G. Hilliard, HHS deputy press secretary, said NIH has not cut funding for mRNA vaccine research.
“A data call was conducted by NIH to understand what NIH is funding on mRNA vaccines,” Hilliard said. “No mRNA vaccine funding has been canceled.”
KFF Health News reportedly reviewed emails from two unnamed researchers, one from Philadelphia and one from New York, whose NIH grants were “flagged” because they contained references to mRNA vaccine research…
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