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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…

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Raw Story· Oct 22, 5:10 PMGlobal outcry sinks 'unethical' RFK Jr.-backed study targeting newborns

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