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A sign marks an entrance to a Moderna building in Cambridge, Mass., on Monday, May 18, 2020. (Bill Sikes/AP)

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Jul 2, 2024

The US will pay Cambridge-based Moderna $176 million to develop an mRNA bird flu vaccine

The U.S. government will pay the vaccine maker Moderna to develop a pandemic vaccine that could be used to treat bird flu. The H5N1 virus was detected earlier this year in dairy cows and has spread to more than 135 herds in 12 states and infected three people to date,...

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