DNA contamination of COVID-19 vaccines and should infants get hepatitis B vaccines?

A "Sensibly curious about vaccines"-podcast – with @TracyBethHoeg and @StabellBenn.

We discuss the latest evidence from Phillip Buckhaults' lab of DNA contamination in COVID-19 vaccines, more data on the new monovalent XBB COVID-19 vaccine and the current evidence landscape for the hepatitis B vaccine in infants & how the US and Europe disagree on recommendations.

Links to the papers/talks we are discussing:

A review on the use of aluminium as a vaccine adjuvant: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30139653/

Cochrane review of RCTs of hepatitis B vaccine in infants: https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD004790.pub2/full

Landmark NEJM study (RCT) on hepatitis B vaccine in high risk adult males 1980: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM198010093031501

A study of the overall health effects of hepatitis B vaccine from Guinea-Bissau: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15626943/