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Federal officials have misused a fund intended for vaccine research to pay for unrelated expenses since at least 2010, the US Office of Special Counsel has alleged

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Tags: usa, government, politics, corruption, health.public, barda, coronaviruses.covid19, pandemics, research, author.jessie hellmann, source.the hill, short read
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/536109-vaccine-research-fund-misused-for-decade-says-special-counsel-office

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Title
Vaccine research funding misused for decade, says special counsel office
Published
Jan 27 2021
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385 words

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  1. spit-evil-olive-tips
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    Linked to The Hill because AFAIK it's never paywalled. Other sources in NY Times, Washington Post, and CNBC And a direct link to the 223 page PDF of the report because I like always digging up...

    Linked to The Hill because AFAIK it's never paywalled. Other sources in NY Times, Washington Post, and CNBC

    And a direct link to the 223 page PDF of the report because I like always digging up primary sources when possible.

    From the NYT article:

    Among the unrelated activities were the removal of office furniture, administrative expenses, news subscriptions, legal services and the salaries of other department employees. The practice of diverting funds was so common, investigators found, that employees had a name for it: the “Bank of BARDA.”

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