 The U.S. government will pay Moderna 176 million dollars to develop a pandemic vaccine that could treat people infected with bird flu as cases in dairy cows continue to rise across the country. The funds will pay for the development of the vaccine that uses the mRNA technology that helped with the rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines. It will be released through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the vaccine company will launch trials to determine the effectiveness and the safety of the potential vaccines.