Police raid RFK Jr. allies’ office and seize hepatitis B vaccines. Officials say the newborn trial has not been authorized This trial has a lot to explain. We Got This Covered · 4h ago
Police Raid Offices of RFK Jr.-Endorsed Researchers Planning Vaccine Trial for 7,000 African Newborns Guinea-Bissau police raided researchers' offices and seized hepatitis B vaccines amid a dispute over a trial involving 7,000 newborns. International Business Times UK · Oct 21
RFK Jr’s ‘deities of vaccine research’ raided by police in Guinea-Bissau Police seize doses of hepatitis B vaccine from people at center of dispute over research on African newborns The Guardian - US · Oct 20
Guinea-Bissau denies it has approved controversial vaccine trial in newborns Health minister says government ‘did not authorize’ Danish-led hepatitis B trial in babies backed by RFK Jr The Guardian - US · Oct 14
Experts fear ‘unethical’ vaccine trial in Africa is ‘prototype’ for US studies under RFK Jr Danish researchers whose work on effects of vaccines has been called into question are at center of US vaccine policy The Guardian - US · Mar 11
Controversial US study on hepatitis B vaccines in Africa ‘cancelled’ $1.6m project drew outrage over ethical questions about withholding vaccines proven to prevent disease The Guardian - US · Jan 15
US awards no-bid contract to Denmark scientists studying hepatitis B vaccine in African babies The Trump administration has awarded a $1.6 million, no-bid contract a Danish university to study hepatitis B vaccinations on newborns in Africa The Independent UK · Dec 19, 2025
US 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 The Guardian - US · Dec 19, 2025