# Police raid vaccine researchers’ offices in Guinea-Bissau and seize hepatitis B doses

https://mins.news/en/item/108414

- The Guardian, 2026-10-20 19:18 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/20/rfk-jr-vaccine-researchers-offices-raided-guinea-bissau

> Judicial police in Guinea-Bissau raided the offices of vaccine researchers praised by Robert F. Kennedy Jr and seized dozens of hepatitis B vaccine doses. Officials said the search was intended to clarify circumstances surrounding the batch, not to signal concerns about vaccine quality, safety or effectiveness. The researchers’ study of African newborns is disputed over plans that would withhold vaccination from 7,000 babies during their first six weeks of life.

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