WASHINGTON — The Department of Health and Human Services will cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines that are being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.

What You Need To Know • The Department of Health and Human Services plans to cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu • Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced Tuesday that $500 million worth of vaccine development projects using mRNA technology will be halted • The 22 projects are led by major pharmaceutical companies like Pfizer and Moderna • These mRNA vaccines are credited with slowing the 2020 coronavirus pandemic • In a social media video, Kennedy said HHS was "prioritizing the development of

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