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HHS cancels flu pandemic vaccine contract
In a blow to pandemic preparedness, HHS cancelled an almost $600 million contract with Moderna to develop, check, and license vaccines for flu strains that would set off future pandemics, together with the H5N1 chook flu virus, Helen Branswell and Matthew Herper report.
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