{
  "id": 18461352,
  "title": "Guinea Bissau: Guinea-Bissau Cancels Controversial US-Funded Hepatitis B Vaccine Trial on Newborns",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/06/guinea-bissau-guinea-bissau-cancels-controversial-us-funded-hepatitis",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-11-06T05:25:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "AllAfrica Health",
    "slug": "allafrica-health",
    "url": "https://allafrica.com/stories/202611060119.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "[allAfrica] Guinea-Bissau has cancelled a proposed hepatitis B vaccine trial on newborn babies following international criticism that it was unethical and potentially exploitative.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "Why a US-funded vaccine trial on babies was cancelled in Guinea-Bissau",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/why-a-us-funded-vaccine-trial-on-babies-was-cancelled-in-guinea-bissau",
        "published": "2026-11-05T00:30:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Al Jazeera",
        "title": "Why Guinea-Bissau halted a controversial hepatitis vaccine trial for babies",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/05/why-guinea-bissau-halted-a-controversial-hepatitis-vaccine-trial-for",
        "published": "2026-11-05T15:01:35.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}