In a wide-ranging interview, Xavier Becerra, President Biden’s health secretary, defended his tenure and hinted that he might run for governor of California.

Xavier Becerra is reflecting on tenure as HHS secretary. He told Scripps News, "We're leaving this country is healthier and stronger."

The US Department of Health and Human Services has decided to spend nearly $600 million on the development of a bird flu vaccine.According to CNN, HSS on Friday, January 17, 2025, announced that it will award $590 million to Moderna to resume

US health officials announced Friday they were awarding $590 million to Moderna to develop mRNA vaccines against influenza, including advancing the company's bird flu vaccine, as fears of a new pandemic grow.

CDC officials say medical professionals are seeing more patients whose illness cannot be traced back to an infected animal or bird.

Georgia officials halted all in-state poultry sales, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded $590 million to Moderna to develop vaccines to protect people from flu strains in bird

Moderna has been awarded approximately $590 million from the federal government to help speed up the development of an mRNA-based bird flu vaccine, alongside other influenza vaccines, health officials announced Friday.

The U.S. government has awarded Moderna $590 million to advance the development of its bird flu vaccine, as the country doubles down on efforts to tackle increasing infections in humans.

HHS Allocates $590 Million to Speed Up the Development of mRNA Vaccines for Pandemic Influenza, Including an H5N1 (Bird Flu) Vaccine

As of Monday, FDA commissioner Robert Califf, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, Medicare director Meena Seshamani, and FDA Center for Drug Evaluation and Research director Patrizia Cavazzoni have retired or intend to retire prior to Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20.

To address the rising bird flu cases, the US government has committed $590 million to fast-track Moderna's mRNA bird flu vaccine development. The vaccine aims to combat current bird flu strains in wild birds,