The billions of mRNA vaccine doses that went into arms worldwide during the COVID-19 pandemic build on clinical trial data confirming the safety and effectiveness of a vaccine technology now poised to ...

A massive, global review of mRNA vaccines has shown that they are very effective and safe. Reporting in The Lancet, researchers used data from laboratory experiments, clinical trials, and public ...

In the fight against COVID-19, there is some reassuring good news. In a major new review, The Lancet (30 June 2026) concludes that currently approved mRNA vaccines are both safe and highly effective ...

For some older adults, the flu vaccine could look a little different this year. In August, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the nation’s first mRNA-based flu vaccine for use in people 50 ...

More than 13 billion doses of mRNA vaccines have been administered globally since the rollout in the United States of COVID-19 shots in December 2020 via Operation Warp Speed under the first Trump ...

The first mRNA flu shot is now available, but not everyone is eligible. Moderna’s mFlusiva is the first flu vaccine in the United States to use messenger RNA technology, the same platform used in ...

The vaccine, mFlusiva, is 27 percent more effective at preventing flu in this age group than standard-dose vaccines, according to clinical trials.

Five years of mass deployment. Billions of administered doses. A political environment that twice nearly defunded the research. And now, the most comprehensive scientific accounting the platform has ...

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mRNA-1345, a lipid nanoparticle encapsulated messenger RNA (mRNA)-based vaccine, was well tolerated and immunogenic in solid organ transplant recipients, inducing neutralizing antibodies against ...

A comprehensive new review that assessed billions of doses of currently approved mRNA vaccines affirms that these vaccines provide protection against COVID-19, including severe COVID-19, across ...