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New Documents Trace Controversial Hepatitis B Birth-Dose Study's Shortcut to CDC Approval

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Source: Rolling Stone
New Documents Trace Controversial Hepatitis B Birth-Dose Study's Shortcut to CDC Approval
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A Rolling Stone investigation shows that a $1.6 million birth-dose hepatitis B vaccine study in Guinea-Bissau was moved directly from the CDC director’s office to grants management, bypassing normal scientific review and ethical oversight, amid pressure from Kennedy allies and irregular ethics approvals, drawing WHO concern and congressional scrutiny as the project remains in limbo.

Topics:healthpolitics#cdc#ethics#guinea-bissau#hepatitis-b#politics#vaccines
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  1. New Documents Reveal a Controversial Vaccine Study’s Unusual Path to CDC Approval  Rolling Stone
  2. Planned US-funded baby vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau blasted by WHO  BBC
  3. Statement on the planned hepatitis B birth dose vaccine trial in Guinea-Bissau  World Health Organization (WHO)
  4. WHO criticizes CDC-funded vaccine study in Africa as unethical  CIDRAP
  5. West African Nation Cancels Trump-Era Vaccine Research Study  Fine Day 102.3

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