Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Nicole Ireland
Publication Date: August 8, 2025 - 15:03
RFK Jr.’s defunding of mRNA vaccines to threaten Canadian tech access, stall development, experts say
August 8, 2025
Canadian doctors and scientists say Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s defunding of mRNA vaccine research and development projects will have negative health effects in Canada and around the world.
“I think that Canadians do need to understand that this and a lot of the changes that Kennedy is making to vaccination policy in particular are definitely going to affect Canadians,” said Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the University of Saskatchewan’s Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization.
Unpublished Newswire
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