Bernie Sanders Hates Child Cancer Research

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Originally Posted by sdskinsfan2001

Of course no one has mentioned this here because if it's not crying about Trump it doesn't matter. Even the "conservatives" here. Pathetic.

LOL, you're sad also a liar but please ignore trump and his drugged up lackey



trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., as the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), has directed major cuts in federal funding for mRNA vaccine development and autism research related to environmental chemical exposure.

mRNA Vaccine Research
In August 2025, Kennedy announced the termination of 22 federal grants and contracts worth nearly $500 million, which were managed by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) and dedicated to developing mRNA vaccines for infectious diseases like COVID-19, influenza, and H5N1 bird flu.
Rationale for Cuts: Kennedy stated that data showed mRNA vaccines "fail to protect effectively against upper respiratory infections" and announced a shift in focus toward "safer, broader vaccine platforms" such as whole-virus vaccines.

Impacted Projects: The decision affected contracts with various entities, including Pfizer, Moderna, Sanofi Pasteur, and Emory University.
Criticism: Public health experts and scientists widely criticized the move, arguing that it is based on discredited claims about mRNA vaccine safety and efficacy. They contend that the cuts create a national security vulnerability by hobbling the nation's ability to rapidly respond to future pandemics and could also indirectly harm the development of promising mRNA-based cancer therapies that use shared infrastructure.

Autism and Environmental Health Research
Kennedy has also eliminated more than 50 federally funded autism research projects that were investigating potential links between chemical exposures and autism.
Focus Shift: This funding was redirected to a new initiative, the Autism Data Science Initiative, under Kennedy's control.

Concerns: Researchers expressed fears that this change would sideline the study of environmental factors that have been linked to neurodevelopmental disorders and instead manipulate findings to support Kennedy's long-held, but scientifically unsupported, belief linking vaccines to autism. The decision coincides with the Trump administration's broader rollbacks of pollution regulations and dismantling of federal research infrastructure.
Additionally, reports indicated that the Trump administration has effectively cut approximately $2.7 billion in National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding across various diseases in the first few months of 2025, including a significant reduction in cancer research.

None of this includes the funding in research trump has cut from major Colleges and Universities.