In statements to the USA TODAY Network, both the University of Rochester Medical Center, or URMC, and Regeneron noted they don't receive federal funding connected to the mRNA research cuts announced by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s on Aug. 5.

Stephen Colbert is not impressed that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has cut $500 million in funding for vaccines. On the latest episode of The Late Show, Colbert took aim at the Health and Human Services Secretary over the decision, which former Surgeon General Jerome Adams said “is going to cost lives.”