Good news 🎉
US-backed vaccine trial on #babies canceled after international outcry ~
(updating from what I posted earlier today, see the next post)
~"Outrage erupted over the trial after the US #CDC announced in December that it had awarded an unsolicited grant of $1.6 million" to Danish researchers study "nonspecific harms" from #vaccines and planned to withhold #HepB vaccines for #infants in #Africa.
1 of 2🧵
#USA #RFKjr #HepatitisB #vaccines
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https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/10/unethical-vaccine-trial-on-babies-backed-by-rfk-jr-is-formally-canceled/
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