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Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has officially terminated all HHS contracts with companies owned by Bill Gates, slashing hundreds of millions in federal funding. The move is part of Kennedy's broader effort to end government reliance on the Microsoft founder's business ventures in the health sector."We won't be giving him another nickel to develop more jabs," Kennedy stated during a recent Senate Finance Committee hearing. The decision is just the latest in a series of actions targeting mRNA vaccine development, with HHS previously canceling 22 projects worth nearly $500 million nationwide.Gates reportedly received an estimated $408 million annually from federal contracts at one point, a figure that has now dropped to less than $10 million. Kennedy framed the cuts as a necessary step to redirect taxpayer money away from what he views as ineffective vaccine platforms and toward "safer, broader vaccine strategies" like whole-virus platforms.Critics argue the decision undermines pandemic preparedness and scientific progress, with experts warning it could leave the U.S. vulnerable to future outbreaks. But Kennedy and his supporters see it as a long-overdue reckoning with the influence of private billionaires over public health policy. "There aren't many places left for him to scrounge off the taxpayer," Kennedy added.