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  "id": 14450230,
  "title": "Guinea-Bissau denies it has approved controversial vaccine trial in newborns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/guinea-bissau-denies-it-has-approved-controversial-vaccine-trial-in",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-14T12:21:16.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Guardian",
    "slug": "the-guardian",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/14/guinea-bissau-vaccine-hepatitis-b-trial-denial"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Health minister says government ‘did not authorize’ Danish-led hepatitis B trial in babies backed by RFK Jr Guinea-Bissau has not approved the controversial hepatitis B study in newborns that would be funded by the US government and private partners, the African country’s minister of health said on Tuesday. The study, which would not investigate the safety or effectiveness of vaccines but would…",
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        "title": "Guinea-Bissau says it has not approved hepatitis B vaccine trial in newborns",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/guinea-bissau-says-it-has-not-approved-hepatitis-b-vaccine-trial-in",
        "published": "2026-10-14T01:45:00.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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