RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development
Aug 6, 2025 · U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pulling the plug on $500 million in federal funding for mRNA vaccine development, affecting 22 major projects—including those …
Trump cancels contract to develop vaccine for H5N1 bird flu
The new vaccine, called mRNA-1018, used the same technology that allowed development and rollout of vaccines to fight Covid-19 in record time.
Kennedy names 8 vaccine committee replacements - Omaha …
Jun 11, 2025 · They include a scientist who researched mRNA vaccine technology and became a conservative darling for his criticisms of COVID-19 vaccines, a leading critic of pandemic-era …
Did Donald Dean Studey hide bodies of victims in rural Iowa?
Oct 30, 2024 · Donald Dean Studey died in 2013, but his memory is kept alive by a daughter who believes he killed dozens of people and buried some in western Iowa.
Omaha speaks up: Letters to the editor for the week of Sep. 19, 2025
Sep 19, 2025 · Our weekly round-up of letters published in the Omaha World-Herald.
Mentally ill Nebraska man said to have killed family, self
Jul 2, 2025 · A Central Nebraska man is alleged to have murdered his two teenage sons and wife at their Johnson Lake residence before taking his own life.
Should Nebraska repeal ban on affirmative action? There's a push …
Jul 15, 2020 · The Omaha City Council and Douglas County Board passed resolutions urging the Nebraska Legislature to put a measure on the ballot to repeal the ban.
Nebraska doctors: Your measles vaccination may need review
Apr 23, 2025 · Some of the details behind the vaccine recommendations for measles are a bit complicated, which might result in questions about vaccination status for some middle-aged …
One person dies following shooting in Omaha's Old Market
Mar 4, 2024 · A 24-year-old man died early Monday at an Omaha hospital following a shooting in the Old Market neighborhood.
Families forever changed by diseases vaccines can prevent
Jun 29, 2025 · RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development Infectious disease experts warned that future pandemics will be harder to stop without the help of mRNA.