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US awards no-bid contract to Denmark scientists studying hepatitis B vaccine in African babies
The $1.6 million contract funds a five-year trial tracking 14,000 newborns to study effects of withholding the hepatitis B vaccine birth dose in Guinea-Bissau.
- The Trump administration awarded a $1.6 million no-bid contract to a Danish university for studying hepatitis B vaccinations in newborns in Africa, raising ethical concerns.
- Experts raised ethical concerns about the research plan, arguing it would withhold effective vaccines from high-risk newborns.
- The Associated Press reported that the contract did not undergo a customary ethics review.
- CDC staff expressed outrage over the award in private communications, according to an official who spoke anonymously.
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U.S. awards no-bid contract to Denmark scientists studying hepatitis B vaccine in African babies
The Trump administration has awarded a $1.6 million, no-bid contract to a Danish university to study hepatitis B vaccinations on newborns in Africa that is raising ethical concerns.
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US awards no-bid contract to Denmark scientists studying hepatitis B vaccine in African babies
The Trump administration has awarded a $1.6 million, no-bid contract a Danish university to study hepatitis B vaccinations on newborns in Africa.
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