The federal government yesterday awarded $1 billion in contracts to five pharmaceutical companies to help them develop modern methods of producing influenza vaccine that would replace the current slow ...

Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine gave more protection against illness than the standard flu shot in a phase 3 clinical trial, according to published results.

Vaccines have long been hailed as one of our greatest public health achievements. They can be made to protect us from infections with either viral or bacterial microbes. Measles and smallpox, for ...