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Why a US-funded vaccine trial on babies was cancelled in Guinea-Bissau

Science | 2026-11-05 at 00:30 UTC | Source: www.bbc.co.uk
The trial was condemned as "unethical" and "neocolonial" because half of the babies would not be given the vaccine.
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