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Mudita Games lancia BARDA su Steam Early Access, un roguelike di sopravvivenza incentrato sulla gestione caotica dell'inventario.

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👉 https://www.absolutegamer.it/barda-roguelike-sopravvivenza-caotico-debutta-steam-early-access/

Helen Branswell Aug 13, 2025

The "data" package Secretary Kennedy used to bolster his argument for discontinuing #BARDA funding for #mRNA research doesn't support his argument. @jakescottmd.bsky.social lays it out in a must read for @statnews.com. https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/13/rfk-jr-mrna-vaccine-research-science-papers-justification-misreading/

Kennedy's case against mRNA vaccines collapses under his own evidence

“This isn't scientific disagreement. It's either staggering incompetence or willful misrepresentation,” writes infectious disease physician Jake Scott.

STAT

Helen Branswell Aug 11, 2025

#NIH director Jay Bhattacharya says the #BARDA mRNA contracts were terminated because the platform isn't viable because people don't trust it.
Experts question some of the claims Bhattacharya made. https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/11/mrna-vaccines-bhattacharya-bannon/

NIH director: mRNA vaccine contracts were canceled because public lacks trust in technology

NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya offered an explanation for the cancellation of mRNA vaccine contracts that didn't align with that of his boss, health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

STAT

Helen Branswell Aug 8, 2025

“We reviewed the science, listened to the experts, and acted,” Secretary Kennedy said earlier this week, when he announced he was discontinuing #BARDA investments in #mRNA vaccines. More on the science he relied on. https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/08/kennedy-scientific-justification-mrna-vaccines/

HHS cites list of studies as scientific justification for cancellation of mRNA vaccine contracts

HHS officials are citing an extensive list of studies purported to document harms caused by mRNA vaccines as scientific justification for canceling contracts.

STAT

Helen Branswell Aug 7, 2025

Axing #BARDA funding for research on #mRNA vaccines is not just a problem for pandemic preparedness, it's a national security threat, experts in that area tell STAT. “We're unilaterally disarming ourselves" — and advertising that fact. https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/07/kennedy-mrna-vaccines-national-security/

Kennedy’s rejection of mRNA vaccines thwarts scientific progress — and threatens national security, experts say

Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s decision to discontinue funding for mRNA vaccines has alarmed scientists. But it is also a matter of national security, experts say.

STAT

David Usharauli Aug 6, 2025

Government-backed mRNA research comes to an end.

#BARDA
#mRNA
#vaccine

https://www.biospace.com/policy/rfk-jr-axes-22-mrna-vaccine-projects-under-barda

Helen Branswell Aug 5, 2025

Pandemic preparedness in the US has been leveled a crippling blow with the cancellation of multiple #BARDA contracts to help develop mRNA vaccines. No other vaccine platform produces vaccine so quickly; without mRNA, Americans will have a long wait for pandemic vax. https://www.statnews.com/2025/08/05/mrna-vaccine-development-canceled-by-kennedy-hhs/

Health secretary RFK Jr. shuts door on U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research

Vaccine experts and people steeped in pandemic preparedness expressed horror at the news that RFK Jr. has shut the door in U.S. investment in mRNA vaccine research.

STAT

Helen Branswell Mar 3, 2025

The rapid production capacity of mRNA vaccines will be key if #H5N1 #birdflu triggers a pandemic. But a review of a #BARDA contract to test & license an H5 vaccine so FDA could accelerate approval in a pandemic is raising about whether this option will be available. https://www.statnews.com/2025/03/03/hhs-moderna-vaccine-contract-bird-flu-pandemic-preparedness-worries/

HHS review of a vaccine contract sparks worries about preparedness for a potential bird flu pandemic

HHS is re-evaluating a nearly $600 million contract with Moderna to develop and test vaccines against flu viruses that could prompt pandemics.

STAT

Kilowog-core Jan 31, 2025

Get ya' a strategy that's got a shot at workin', poozers! We only vote ta' save lives an' slow down fascism. We organize ta' fix things!

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(Art sampled from "Birds of Prey" Vol. 5 #2 by Kelly Thompson, Leonardo Romero, Jordie-Bellaire, Clayton Cowles, and Ben Abernathy. Edits: Caption added.)

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