WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded a $1.6 million grant to controversial researchers at the University of Southern Denmark with ties to top Food and Drug Administration official Tracy Beth Høg. The funding is designated for a study on hepatitis B vaccines that some experts argue may be unethical and unlikely to produce data relevant to vaccine use in the United States.
Christine Stabell Benn and her husband, Peter Aaby, lead the Bandim Health Project, a research site located in Guinea-Bissau, West Africa. The CDC has funded them to conduct a placebo-controlled trial of the hepatitis B vaccine in newborns. Currently, Guinea-Bissau administers the first hepatitis B vaccine dose at 6 weeks of age, but plans to implement a universal birth dose policy, recommended by the World Health Organization, by 2027.
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