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UW researcher worried about mRNA vaccination funding cuts

Federal health officials announced last week they are cutting hundreds of millions in funding for mRNA vaccine research.

One researcher at the University of Washington is now concerned it will become harder to develop inoculations for a wide array of infections.

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Mitch Borden is a general assignment reporter at KNKX. He’s worked at radio stations across the U.S. in places like rural Alaska and West Texas. Borden loves to cover all types of interesting stories. News tips can be sent to mborden@knkx.org.