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  "id": 15924520,
  "title": "Controversial US-backed vaccine trial in African newborns halted",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/controversial-us-backed-vaccine-trial-in-african-newborns-halted-15924520",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-21T17:18:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Guardian Health",
    "slug": "guardian-health",
    "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/oct/21/us-vaccine-trial-african-newborns-hepatitis-b"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Hepatitis B study in Guinea-Bissau that was to be funded by CDC and that drew global backlash ‘will not move forward’ The US-backed hepatitis B vaccine trial in African newborns that drew global backlash was halted, the lead researcher said on Wednesday. It was “now clear” that the study “will not move forward in Guinea-Bissau”, Frederik Schaltz-Buchholzer, a Danish researcher, wrote on LinkedIn,…",
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        "outlet": "The Guardian",
        "title": "Controversial US-backed vaccine trial in African newborns halted",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/controversial-us-backed-vaccine-trial-in-african-newborns-halted",
        "published": "2026-10-21T17:18:56.000Z"
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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."
}