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Danish University Approves Newborn Trial; Guinea-Bissau Denies Authorization
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The University of Southern Denmark approved a revised, U.S.-funded hepatitis B study involving 14,000 newborns in Guinea-Bissau; half would receive the vaccine at birth, while the others would follow the country’s current schedule of vaccination at six weeks. Guinea-Bissau’s government says it has not granted final authorization, so the trial cannot proceed, and critics continue to question the ethics of delaying a proven protective vaccine in a country with high hepatitis B prevalence.
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