The U.S. Health Research Project Rejected by Guinea Bissau was Absurd and Deadly

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The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), led by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., in December 2025 announced a research project involving the hepatitis B vaccine that would take place in Guinea Bissau. This caricature of scientific inquiry would have assessed the timing of vaccine administration. The research plan accepted the reality that one set of the Guinea Bissau infants enrolled in the project would be left with a shortened life span.