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Moderna awarded $176 million in USG funding to produce bird flu vaccine

U.S. awards Moderna $176 million to produce bird flu vaccine

The U.S. government has awarded $176 million to Moderna to advance development of its bird flu vaccine, the company said on Tuesday, as concerns rise over a multi-state outbreak of H5N1 virus in dairy cows and infections of three dairy workers since March.

The funds from the U.S. Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority will be used to complete late-stage development and testing of a pre-pandemic mRNA-based vaccine against H5N1 avian influenza, the company said in a statement....

 

 

 

 

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Dengue fever map: Where the mosquito-driven disease is confirmed, spreading fastest in the U.S.

 

Dengue fever map: Where the mosquito-driven disease is confirmed, spreading fastest

NEXSTAR) – Federal health officials warned doctors around the U.S. this week to look out for signs patients may have dengue fever, a virus spread by mosquitoes that’s surging worldwide. Cases in the U.S. are three times higher than this time last year.

Most of the cases in the U.S. are in people who recently traveled abroad to regions where dengue is spreading quickly. Only one state so far, Florida, has evidence of local transmission, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. U.S. territories Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands are also seeing local spread of the disease.

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