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RFK Jr’s ‘deities of vaccine research’ raided by police in Guinea-Bissau

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Police seize doses of hepatitis B vaccine from people at center of dispute over research on African newborns Controversial vaccine researchers who have been praised by Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, had their offices in Guinea-Bissau raided by judicial police, who seized doses of hepatitis B vaccines, officials said on Facebook. The researchers have been at the heart of an ongoing dispute over research on African newborns, supported by $1.6m from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and matched by the Pershing Square Foundation and the Bluebell Foundation for a total of $3.2m. Continue reading...

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Police seized dozens of hepatitis B vaccines from people at center of dispute over research on African newborns Controversial vaccine researchers who have been praised by Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US Department of Health and Human Services…

Source: The Guardian

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12 out of 100

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