| Looks like US funding for mRNA vaccine research could be cut 08:06 - Mar 28 with 1285 views | StokieBlue |
mRNA is a powerful new tool for the quick creation of vaccines that essentially allows scientist to "program" an immune response in the body to fight off viruses. It was hugely effective against Covid and is currently being used in research into vaccines against H5N1.
It also has the added benefit of creating multiple immune responses from a single vaccine so you can have one vaccine that covers covid, flu, measles etc. It's also showing promising signs with regards to a universal flu vaccine.
It looks like that for ideological reasons that government funding into this research in the US could be cut. One grant has been cut already [1] and there is currently a team looking at the other funding [2].
This is being lead by the NIH and it's expected that Bhattacharya will be made the new director of that organisation. He was one of the three authors of the "Great Barrington Declaration".
"So far, any attempt at reasoning with people has fallen on deaf ears. Everything is being run by the department [Department of Health and Human Services] or the White House,” the person said. KFF Health News separately reported that all grants involving mRNA research were to be reported to Memoli, for referral to the office of the health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr, and the White House."
Private companies are likely to continue investment and research but it's not ideal for government funding to be cut when this is the most promising technology we have available for future vaccine creation.
SB
[1]. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00828-3
[2]. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/27/trump-vaccine-skeptics-research-
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| Looks like US funding for mRNA vaccine research could be cut on 08:12 - Mar 28 with 1247 views | Swansea_Blue |
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| Looks like US funding for mRNA vaccine research could be cut on 08:14 - Mar 28 with 1233 views | mr_bean |
Come on. Everyone knows that drinking bleach is the answer! |  | | |
| Looks like US funding for mRNA vaccine research could be cut on 09:18 - Mar 28 with 1113 views | iamatractorboy |
| Looks like US funding for mRNA vaccine research could be cut on 08:12 - Mar 28 by Swansea_Blue |
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There's a painful irony to that, given what a lot of a certain type of voter believe. | | | |
| Looks like US funding for mRNA vaccine research could be cut on 09:37 - Mar 28 with 1079 views | GavTWTD |
Clearly bad news but what's been concerning me recently is that Trump is considering putting a 25% tariff on pharmaceuticals which would do nasty things to the NHS. |  |
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| Looks like US funding for mRNA vaccine research could be cut on 09:40 - Mar 28 with 1066 views | NthQldITFC |
| Looks like US funding for mRNA vaccine research could be cut on 09:37 - Mar 28 by GavTWTD |
Clearly bad news but what's been concerning me recently is that Trump is considering putting a 25% tariff on pharmaceuticals which would do nasty things to the NHS. |
Why would we buy pharmaceuticals which would do nasty things to the NHS? |  |
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| Looks like US funding for mRNA vaccine research could be cut on 09:43 - Mar 28 with 1053 views | giant_stow |
| Looks like US funding for mRNA vaccine research could be cut on 09:37 - Mar 28 by GavTWTD |
Clearly bad news but what's been concerning me recently is that Trump is considering putting a 25% tariff on pharmaceuticals which would do nasty things to the NHS. |
crumbs. |  |
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| Looks like US funding for mRNA vaccine research could be cut on 10:12 - Mar 28 with 956 views | blueasfook |
| Looks like US funding for mRNA vaccine research could be cut on 09:37 - Mar 28 by GavTWTD |
Clearly bad news but what's been concerning me recently is that Trump is considering putting a 25% tariff on pharmaceuticals which would do nasty things to the NHS. |
Strikes me as an opportunity for China to step up and start producing pharmaceuticals. I'd love to see that happen actually. Trump's greed backfiring in his fat orange face would be funny. |  |
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| Looks like US funding for mRNA vaccine research could be cut on 10:17 - Mar 28 with 921 views | DJR |
Things like this are going to make the US a much less attractive place for the sort of high calibre overseas students who have contributed to US advances in sciences and the like.
I think this is something that Macron has already picked up on. |  | | |
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| Looks like US funding for mRNA vaccine research could be cut on 10:34 - Mar 28 with 873 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| Looks like US funding for mRNA vaccine research could be cut on 09:37 - Mar 28 by GavTWTD |
Clearly bad news but what's been concerning me recently is that Trump is considering putting a 25% tariff on pharmaceuticals which would do nasty things to the NHS. |
But tariffs would only apply to imports to the US. How would that affect the NHS, they presumably aren’t exporting pharma for sale in the States?
Unless I’ve missed something… | | | |
| Looks like US funding for mRNA vaccine research could be cut on 10:43 - Mar 28 with 817 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Looks like US funding for mRNA vaccine research could be cut on 10:34 - Mar 28 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
But tariffs would only apply to imports to the US. How would that affect the NHS, they presumably aren’t exporting pharma for sale in the States?
Unless I’ve missed something… |
I'm not saying this has been suggested but technically he could put an export duty on |  |
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| Looks like US funding for mRNA vaccine research could be cut on 10:47 - Mar 28 with 792 views | GavTWTD |
| Looks like US funding for mRNA vaccine research could be cut on 10:34 - Mar 28 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
But tariffs would only apply to imports to the US. How would that affect the NHS, they presumably aren’t exporting pharma for sale in the States?
Unless I’ve missed something… |
No you're right. Wasn't thinking clearly. | |
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| Looks like US funding for mRNA vaccine research could be cut on 10:51 - Mar 28 with 771 views | SuperKieranMcKenna |
| Looks like US funding for mRNA vaccine research could be cut on 10:43 - Mar 28 by Lord_Lucan |
I'm not saying this has been suggested but technically he could put an export duty on |
But that’s not a tariff.
It appears people are now stressing about things he HASNT said… | | | |
| Looks like US funding for mRNA vaccine research could be cut on 10:55 - Mar 28 with 728 views | DJR |
| Looks like US funding for mRNA vaccine research could be cut on 10:34 - Mar 28 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
But tariffs would only apply to imports to the US. How would that affect the NHS, they presumably aren’t exporting pharma for sale in the States?
Unless I’ve missed something… |
On a related theme and by comparison with the US, this is what I posted a couple of weeks ago,
Maybe it depends on the sector/organisation but I heard the other day that the NHS pays much less for drugs than is the case in the States because of the NHS's buying power.
This article confirms it.
https://lowdownnhs.info/explainers/billions-are-spent-by-the-nhs-on-drugs-every-
"And this [negotiated discounts] is often the way – the powerful position the NHS sits in as the provider of almost 100% of healthcare in the UK, means such deals can be struck. Such confidential deals are not the only way prices are controlled in the UK, however the powerful negotiating position of the NHS is a major factor that enables NHS patients, in the main, to receive the drugs they need for treatment and for the the cost of drugs to not spiral out of control."
"It is not easy to compare drug prices across markets due to the complicated nature of rebates and discounts that operate, that are often confidential. It is however clear that drug prices in the UK are much lower than in several other developed markets and substantially lower than in the USA." [Post edited 28 Mar 10:56]
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| Looks like US funding for mRNA vaccine research could be cut on 11:19 - Mar 28 with 672 views | Lord_Lucan |
| Looks like US funding for mRNA vaccine research could be cut on 10:51 - Mar 28 by SuperKieranMcKenna |
But that’s not a tariff.
It appears people are now stressing about things he HASNT said… |
Well, it is a tariff but I get your point about stressing about things that haven't happened.
I did post previously that Trump is a disruptor and we should wait and see what gets done rather than what might get done.
I find the whole Trump thing quite crazy but ironically it is exasperated by fake news.
I spend a lot of time wondering if USA as a people have a way of ousting him (even though I'm not sure that the fecking cretins want to) but at the same time praying he stays alive as his deputy is clearly insane. | |
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