The Trump administration is terminating biodefense research funding for mRNA projects, raising concerns about the nation’s ability to fight future pandemics.

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. revealed his agency will be cutting funding to mRNA development, calling the vaccine technology "ineffective" and claiming it poses more risks than benefits.

This was one in a continuing line of moves that has put RFK Jr.'s vaccine skepticism into public policy, though scientists say the vaccines are safe.