HHS Stops Funding for Next-Generation COVID-19 Vaccine

GeoVax is developing a new COVID-19 shot.
HHS Stops Funding for Next-Generation COVID-19 Vaccine
A health care worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccine in a file photograph. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
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The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has stopped funding for a next-generation COVID-19 vaccine that received an award during the Biden administration, the company making the vaccine said on April 16.

Georgia-based Geovax said that the stop-work order from HHS went into effect on April 11 and affected an award of some $24.3 million from the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), an HHS component that was placed in charge of the Biden administration’s Project NextGen.
Zachary Stieber
Zachary Stieber
Senior Reporter
Zachary Stieber is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times based in Maryland. He covers U.S. and world news. Contact Zachary at [email protected]
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