A high-profile research team linked to a long-running debate over vaccine trials involving African newborns faced a major setback after judicial police raided their Guinea-Bissau offices, seizing doses of hepatitis B vaccines. The researchers, who have received backing from U.S. health authorities and prominent foundations, have been criticized amid allegations surrounding their study methods. Authorities confirmed the operation through a Facebook post, adding to tensions in a controversy that has drawn attention from public health advocates. The incident raises new questions about the integrity of the research, which has drawn funding from U.S. government agencies and private philanthropies.
Police seize doses of hepatitis B vaccine from people at center of dispute over research on African newbornsControversial 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...
