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Guinea-Bissau Denies Approval of Controversial Newborn Vaccine Trial
Guinea-Bissau's health minister has denied approving a Denmark-led hepatitis B vaccine study on newborns, saying the government never authorized the trial despite reports that local officials had cleared the updated design. The project, backed by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., has drawn sharp condemnation from experts who call it unethical and neo-colonial.