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CDC to Conduct Hepatitis B Vaccine Trial in Guinea-Bissau, Raising Ethical Concerns

Summary by thehoya.com
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approved a $1.6 million grant to fund a study on the efficacy of the hepatitis B vaccine Dec. 15, 2025. After U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. proposed outsourcing the study to Guinea-Bissau, the Bissau-Guinean government suspended the study following significant backlash from scientists and global health… Source
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thehoya.com broke the news in on Sunday, February 8, 2026.
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