A controversial research trial that will withhold hepatitis B vaccines from some African newborns was given approval to move forward this week.
6m in this year’s budget for the project, and it will be matched with private funding from the Pershing Square Foundation, which was co-founded by the billionaire activist Bill Ackman, and the Bluebell Foundation.
It can live on surfaces for up to seven days, and it can be acquired by sharing washcloths, toothbrushes and fingernail clippers.
While it may be transmitted from mother to child during birth, it could also be transmitted from another parent, relatives, siblings or caregivers.
” Recommended dose of hepatitis B vaccine will be withheld from thousands of newborns by Danish researchers A controversial research trial that will withhold hepatitis B vaccines from some African newborns was given approval to move forward this week.