Listener-supported KSUT delivers NPR News and Music Discovery for the Four Corners, on-air and online, from its studios on Southern Ute lands in Ignacio, Colorado.

KSUT is an independent, non-profit organization governed by a Board of Directors and is not a tribally owned station or service.

© 2026 KSUT Public Radio

NPR News and Music Discovery for the Four Corners

Donate

Play Live Radio

Next Up:

0:00

0:00 0:00

Available On Air Stations

FDA is poised to decide whether to approve the first mRNA flu vaccine

NPR | By Rob Stein,

Steve Inskeep

Published August 5, 2026 at 2:43 AM MDT

The FDA will soon decide whether to approve the first flu vaccine that uses the same mRNA technology as COVID-19 shots. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has long questioned mRNA vaccines.

Rob Stein

Rob Stein is a Correspondent and Senior Editor on NPR's Science Desk.

See stories by Rob Stein

Steve Inskeep

Steve Inskeep is a host of NPR's Morning Edition and Up First.

See stories by Steve Inskeep