
US-backed vaccine trial on babies canceled after international outcry
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Authorities in Guinea-Bissau have officially canceled a planned clinical trial involving newborns. The research, which was backed by the United States and led by Danish scientists, aimed to examine potential issues associated with the standard newborn hepatitis B vaccine.
Government officials in Guinea-Bissau have formally rejected a clinical trial that would be run by Danish researchers and funded by the US to look for alleged nonspecific harms from the newborn dose of the hepatitis B vaccine. The vaccine dose is currently recommended globally for all newborns and has been used safely and effectively for decades. In an email to…
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