US-backed vaccine trial on babies canceled after international outcry
In an email to Ars Technica, one of the trial's lead researchers, Christine Stabell Benn of Bandim Health Project and the University of Southern Denmark…
According to Ars Technica, in an email to Ars Technica, one of the trial's lead researchers, Christine Stabell Benn of Bandim Health Project and the University of Southern Denmark, said that Guinea-Bissau's Council of Ministers "formally reaffirmed its…
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.
This health story centres on the United States. Names and organisations mentioned in the coverage include Guinea-Bissau's Council of Ministers, Danish and Christine Stabell Benn of Bandim.
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