The health trial by researchers at the University of Southern Denmark has been suspended by Bissau-Guinean authorities.

Monrovia- In a moment that blended diplomacy, admiration, and sharp political critique, visiting Guinean-Bissauan politician ...

The history of the hepatitis B vaccine has been marked by controversies, from the ‘Australia antigen’ to the ‘Pediatric ...

ROTIMI IGE, in this report, writes on the expectations of West Africans from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) after its golden jubilee, especially improved regional cooperation ...

African Nations Make Winter Olympic History Record 15 athletes from eight countries compete despite high costs and logistical barriers ...

ECOWAS mission to help resolve Guinea-Bissau's political crisis, in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, Saturday, Jan. 10, 2026.

The fate of a controversial US funded trial of a neonatal hepatitis B vaccine remains unclear, with different authorities claiming it is cancelled, suspended, or going ahead. The study aimed to look ...

Officials at the US Department of Health and Human Services, which awarded funding for the controversial study, say it will proceed as planned. Public-health authorities in Guinea-Bissau say that they ...

So far, this all tracks perfectly with the many concerns presented when Robert Kennedy Jr. was nominated to be Secretary of ...

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Guinea-Bissau is suspending a Trump administration-backed hepatitis B vaccine study on newborns in the West African country, pending an ethical review, the health minister said ...

The U.S. is giving $1.6 million to researchers to study how the hepatitis B vaccine affects newborns in Guinea-Bissau. After ...