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Guinea-Bissau approves controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial

Original: Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau

Health authorities in Guinea-Bissau have approved a Danish-led vaccine trial in which thousands of newborns will have the recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine withheld so researchers can study its effects. The trial has drawn criticism for denying infants a WHO-recommended dose, and has been publicly promoted by US Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr, raising concerns about ethics in low-income countries.

Why now: The approval of a trial withholding a standard vaccine dose from newborns, backed by RFK Jr, is ethically contentious and politically charged.

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• Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau · The Guardian

  Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers

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