# Outrage grows over reported CDC plan to fund “unethical” vaccine trial

https://mins.news/en/item/93850

- Ars Technica, 2026-10-09 19:27 UTC
- Health
- Original: https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/10/rfk-jr-still-eager-to-fund-vaccine-trial-that-would-expose-babies-to-deadly-virus/

> Health experts have reacted angrily to reports that the CDC remains keen to fund a widely condemned trial exposing newborns in Guinea-Bissau to hepatitis B. The trial was halted in January after international outcry over its design. Rolling Stone reported that the CDC director’s office asked its budget office in late September to reserve $1.6 million, drawn from global health security programs.

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