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Controversial vaccine trial touted by RFK Jr gets go-ahead in Guinea-Bissau

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Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers

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Section: Society
By: Melody Schreiber
Published: Oct 9, 2026, 9:36 PM UTC
Updated: Oct 9, 2026, 9:36 PM UTC

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Controversial vaccine trial: The development was reported about 15 minutes ago. The verified report states: Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be.

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

American politician and lawyer (born 1954)

Robert Francis Kennedy Jr., also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author, conspiracy theorist, and anti-vaccine activist serving as the 26th United States secretary of health and human services since 2025. A member of the prominent Kennedy family, he is a son of Senator and US attorney general Robert F. Kennedy and a nephew of US president John F. Kennedy and US senator Ted Kennedy.

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