Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s decision to cut federal funding for mRNA vaccine research is the latest in a series of moves that have the potential to crush future medical breakthroughs and accelerate a brain drain," Axios reports.

Former Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams -- who served during the first Trump administration -- argued Sunday that "people are going to die" if the U.S. backs away from mRNA vaccine development, after Robert F. Kennedy Jr. halted around $500 million in research funding. cbsn.ws/3J7ohn6

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