Australian National Review - Controversial Vaccine Trial Touted by RFK Jr Gets Go-Ahead in Guinea-Bissau

Dubious vaccine is being tested on African children

A dubious vaccine is being tested on African children.The project, partially funded by the United States, is being implemented in Guinea-Bissau.About 14.5 thousand newborns will take part in the study. Half of them will...

Danish University Approves CDC-Funded Trial That Would Delay Hepatitis B Shots for Half of 14,000 Newborns in Guinea-Bissau

The University of Southern Denmark has approved a disputed U.S.-funded study in Guinea-Bissau that would give the hepatitis B vaccine at birth to only half of the 14,000 newborns it plans to enroll. The university's dean of health sciences confirmed the decision this week, according...

Deeply unethical vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr might go ahead

A controversial vaccine study was given approval to move forward this week. It central to the vaccine vision for Robert F Kennedy Jr, the secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The proposed hepatitis B vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau is controversial because it would withhold the recommended birth dose from thousands

Australian National Review - Controversial Vaccine Trial Touted by RFK Jr Gets Go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau

Controversial Vaccine Trial Touted by RFK Jr Gets Go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau By Melody Schreiber Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers. A child receives a hepatitis B vaccine in Lomé, Togo, on 7 August 2015.  A controversial research trial that will withhold hepatitis B vaccines from […]