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Received yesterday — 13 February 2026

RFK Jr. Allies Target States to Overturn Vaccine Mandates for Schools

✇NYT: Science
By:Christina Jewett
14 February 2026 at 10:53
Proponents of vaccines warn that the efforts will further dismantle the immunization infrastructure and lead to more outbreaks of disease.

© Erin Schaff/The New York Times

An empty classroom at the high school in Williston, N.D., during an outbreak of measles there last year.
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U.S. Health Officials Defend Rejection of Moderna’s Flu Vaccine

✇NYT: Science
By:Christina Jewett
11 February 2026 at 16:53
The F.D.A.’s refusal to examine the company’s mRNA shot drew widespread criticism from doctors and was divisive within the agency.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

Dr. Marty Makary, the F.D.A. commissioner, suggested that the agency might eventually approve Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine.

F.D.A. Refuses to Review Moderna Flu Vaccine

✇NYT: Science
By:Christina Jewett and Rebecca Robbins
10 February 2026 at 21:49
The vaccine maker’s shots involve the successful Covid vaccines’ RNA technology. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has broadly rejected it, canceling millions of dollars in research projects.

© Brian Snyder/Reuters

Moderna is a pioneer in using mRNA technology, first with the Covid vaccine. Its flu shot was being developed for people 50 and older.

RFK Jr. Plan to Test a Vaccine in West African Babies Is Blocked

✇NYT: Science
By:Stephanie Nolen and Christina Jewett
23 January 2026 at 11:50
A planned U.S.-funded study of a hepatitis B vaccine drew widespread condemnation from researchers. Now the host country says it cannot proceed.

© Rebecca Blackwell/Associated Press

Each year thousands of babies born in Guinea-Bissau, one of the world’s least developed countries, are exposed to hepatitis B, a virus that can cause severe liver damage and cancer.
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