Former Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams, who served during the first Trump administration, has criticized Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for halting approximately $500 million in grants and contracts related to mRNA vaccine development. Adams warned that this decision could result in deaths and jeopardize U.S. health security. The cuts have sparked concerns about the United States conceding its leadership in biotechnology to China and putting an estimated two million lives at risk. Admiral Brett Giroir, assistant secretary for health at HHS under the first Trump administration, is set to discuss the implications of these funding reductions on mRNA vaccine research, biotechnology, and national security in an upcoming interview.