Moderna Agrees to Placebo-Controlled Covid Vaccine Trial: RFK Jr

Moderna agreed to a “true placebo-controlled trial” of a new mRNA Covid vaccine, says Health and Human Services Secretary Robert Francis Kennedy Jr.

• The new vaccine is “similar to the existing mRNA vaccine but uses a smaller protein,” Kennedy says in a post on X
• The FDA will monitor and collect data throughout the trial for every adverse outcome: Kennedy

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