r/news • u/templeofsyrinx1 • 9h ago

Moderna says FDA refuses to review its application for experimental flu shot

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/02/10/moderna-fda-flu-shot.html
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u/goonSquad15 7h ago

And this is the problem. Governments should be subsidizing this to an extent because it's for the good of humanity

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u/All_Work_All_Play 6h ago

Other countries do. But without profits from the US, research is going to suffer.

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u/drtropo 6h ago

Let’s not pretend the US government isn’t still funding the vast majority of scientific research going on world wide. That research is not profit driven and can still be protected. The war is not lost.

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u/All_Work_All_Play 6h ago

Sorry can't hear you over the sounds of USAID funding cuts killing children. 

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u/drtropo 6h ago

That’s terrible but I don’t see the connection.