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美国制药公司莫德纳当地时间5月28日宣布，特朗普政府已取消与该公司签署的一份用于推进人用禽流感疫苗后期研发的合同，由此引发争议。以下是外媒报道。

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The US Department of Health and Human Services is terminating a contract with drugmaker Moderna to develop a vaccine to protect against bird flu amid the agency's broader efforts to reevaluate therapies that use mRNA technology.

美国卫生与公众服务部正在终止与制药商莫德纳公司签订的开发禽流感疫苗的合同，该机构目前正在全面重新评估使用mRNA技术的疗法。

The contract, which was worth $590 million, was announced in mid-January, just before President Donald Trump's second term. Moderna said Wednesday that an early-phase trial of its mRNA-based vaccine against H5 bird flu in about 300 healthy adults showed "a rapid, potent and durable immune response."

这项价值5.9亿美元的合同于1月中旬宣布，正值唐纳德·特朗普总统第二任期前夕。莫德纳公司周三表示，其针对H5型禽流感的mRNA疫苗在约300名健康成年人中进行的早期试验显示出“快速、强效且持久的免疫反应”。

MRNA technology is already used in Moderna's and Pfizer/BioNTech's currently licensed Covid-19 vaccines, which have been found to be safe and effective. But public health experts have expressed concern that increasing anti-vaccine sentiments in general--and anti-mRNA sentiments specifically--may block people from accessing vaccines.

mRNA技术已应用于莫德纳公司和辉瑞/拜恩泰科公司目前已获许可的新冠疫苗，这些疫苗已被证实安全有效。但公共卫生专家表示担忧，日益高涨的反疫苗情绪——尤其是针对mRNA疫苗的抵触——可能会阻碍人们接种疫苗。

Avian influenza, or bird flu, is a broad term that refers to several types of influenza that normally infect birds. The H5N1 virus has raised concern among health officials because it has sickened dozens of people in the United States and killed one.

禽流感是一个广义术语，指的是通常感染鸟类的几种流感病毒。H5N1病毒已引起美国卫生官员的担忧，因为它在美国致使数十人患病，还导致一人死亡。



相关表达

1.potent/'pəʊtnt/adj.效力强的

释义：Something that is potent is very effective and powerful.

例：Their most potent weapon was the Exocet missile.

他们效力最强的武器是飞鱼导弹。

2.block...from...阻止

例：Some herbs can block injuries from getting infected.

一些中草药可抑制伤口感染。

3.bird flu禽流感

释义：Bird flu is a virus that can be transmitted from chickens, ducks, and other birds to people.

例：Ten new cases of bird flu were reported yesterday.

昨天新增十例禽流感病例报告。