Guinea-Bissau formally rejects RFK Jr.-backed hepatitis B vaccine trial on infants
Guinea-Bissau's Council of Ministers reaffirmed on October 16 that it will not allow a clinical trial led by Danish researcher Christine Stabell Benn of Bandim Health Project, which was to be funded by the US and would have withheld the newborn hepatitis B vaccine dose from half its infant participants. The rejection followed a judicial police raid on Bandim Health's offices in which vaccines were seized, though Stabell Benn noted the raid came after the government's decision.