"Unethical" Vaccine Trial on Babies Backed by RFK Jr. Is Formally Canceled
The proposed study would have withheld the standard newborn hepatitis B shot from half of participants, drawing objections from the World Health Organization and outside experts.
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Global outcry sinks 'unethical' RFK Jr.-backed study targeting newborns
A vaccine study championed by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has collapsed after a global outcry over plans to give only half of 14,000 newborn participants a hepatitis B vaccine at birth.The World Health Organization deemed the proposed trial in Guinea-Bissau “unethical,” even after researchers revised its safeguards, Rolling Stone reported Thursday.“Critics feared Kennedy would use the study to help support his efforts to end the hepat…
Proposed by Danish researchers and encouraged by the US government, the clinical trial wanted to inoculate hepatitis B vaccine to 7,000 newborns and wait six weeks for another 7,000.
Guinea-Bissau stops controversial US-funded vaccine trial on newborns
Guinea-Bissau’s government has halted a controversial US-funded study on the hepatitis B vaccine in newborns following international criticism over its eth Read More: https://punchng.com/guinea-bissau-stops-controversial-us-funded-vaccine-trial-on-newborns/
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