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Guinea-Bissau cancels trial of hepatitis B vaccine given at birth

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The clinical trial on the non-specific effects of the hepatitis B vaccine administered at birth in Guinea-Bissau has been cancelled, Danish epidemiologist Frederik Schaltz-Buchholzer announced. The study, partly funded by the United States and deemed unethical, will not go ahead, according to his message posted on LinkedIn and reported by Le Monde.

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