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'That's Just Not Accurate': Tammy Baldwin, NIH Director Go Back And Forth Over Vaccine Funding

Published May 26, 2026 | Video Starts at 00:45

But last year, Health and Human Services terminated $500 million in contracts for cutting edge MRNA vaccine development and then redirected that funding to 80 year old vaccine technology. Experts have expressed serious concerns that this technology is outdated and inferior and that The way the funding was awarded circumvented the scientific review process. Dr. Bhattacharya, will you commit to providing this subcommittee with the contracts that awarded that funding? Senator? (00:45–00:52)

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“Health and Human Services terminated $500 million in contracts for cutting edge MRNA vaccine development.”
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“$500 million in contracts were terminated, $100 million redirected to 80 year old technology without competition.”
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“His lab's annual operating Budget increased by more than 50 times.”
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“NIH is bypassing its actual gold standard scientific review process to unilaterally award more than $100 million.”
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“Funding was redirected to 80 year old vaccine technology.”
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“Experts have expressed serious concerns that this technology is outdated and inferior.”
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“One of the researchers is best known for being a COVID vaccine skeptic.”
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“Funding was appropriated in the American Rescue plan.”
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“Congress agreed in Our fiscal year 2026 Labor HHS appropriations bill to rescind that fund.”
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“NIH obligated this funding on January 31st, well after the bill was public.”
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“The Trump administration rushed out American Rescue plan funding before Congress could rescind it.”
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“Secretary Kennedy has his own narrative about the effectiveness, or lack thereof, of MRNA vaccine technology.”
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“One of the researchers reportedly just stepped down as NIAID director without any public explanation.”
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