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The CDC just announced a new study on hepatitis B vaccination on newborns in Guinea-Bissau – a move that researchers call “highly unethical” and “extremely risky”. Happy to team up with @katlay.bsky.social on this story: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

theguardian.comUS plan for $1.6m hepatitis B vaccine study in Africa called ‘highly unethical’Experts decry ‘neocolonialist’ Guinea-Bissau study after Trump administration changed advice for US babies

Melody Schreiber

@melodyschreiber.com

The trial will see if there are any "overall health effects" from vaccination at birth. RFK Jr. “has a fixed, immutable belief that vaccines cause harm,” @pauloffit.bsky.social said. “He will do everything he can to try and prove that.” www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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Melody Schreiber

@melodyschreiber.com

19 Dec 2025

“The priority should be to increase vaccination with the birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine and protect more babies from the risk posed by this virus" www.theguardian.com/society/2025...