The Department of Health and Human Services has defended cuts to vaccine research with statements that mislead on the safety of mRNA technology, despite an extensive history of testing. HHS recently terminated a $766 million award to Moderna for developing mRNA vaccines against influenza viruses that run a risk of causing a pandemic, in the midst of an ongoing H5N1 bird flu outbreak in poultry and livestock. Top administration officials have been silent on the reasoning, but HHS spokespeople...