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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Melody Schreiber

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

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. gestures with his hand while speaking against a dark background
Robert F Kennedy Jr in Washington DC. Photograph: Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA

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.

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