Aside from maybe high school biology classes, the first time many people heard of mRNA was during the pandemic because of the ...

mRNA, widely known from the COVID-19 vaccine, is not actually a "therapeutic agent," but a technology that delivers the ...

NEW YORK -- When the final Phase 3 data came out last November showing the mRNA vaccines made by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna were more than 90% effective, Dr. Anthony Fauci had no words. He texted ...

RNA, widely known from the COVID-19 vaccine, is not actually a “therapeutic agent,” but a technology that delivers the ...

The United States may be losing its edge in mRNA technology­­. The technology, which powered life-saving COVID-19 vaccines and is now rocketing new cancer therapeutics forward, will soon undergo a ...

Sara Moniuszko is a health and lifestyle reporter at CBSNews.com. Previously, she wrote for USA Today, where she was selected to help launch the newspaper's wellness vertical. She now covers breaking ...

A new mRNA vaccine against the flu has proven itself more effective than existing vaccines in a new clinical trial. The Pfizer-developed vaccine was found to be 34.5 percent more effective than ...

SAN ANTONIO – The federal government’s decision to slash $500 million in funding for mRNA vaccine research has sparked concern among health experts. “The news that we’re going to block a Nobel ...

WASHINGTON, DC: Jayanta Bhattacharya, Director of the National Institutes of Health. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Director of the National Institutes of Health, Jay Bhattacharya, recently ...

Vaccines using mRNA technology weren’t immune to the latest round of federal research cuts. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said this week that he’s pulling the plug on ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and other top federal officials are denigrating a manufacturing method that led to the rapid deployment of COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic and now ...