Bissau7,000 newborns would go without hepatitis B vaccine.
Unvaccinated newborns face lifelong infection, liver cirrhosis, liver cancer and premature death.
Staff at the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reportedly ordered $1.6 million set aside for Danish researchers under investigation over misconduct allegations.
Guinea-Bissau’s national authorisation is the last step before the trial can begin, the university’s dean says.
How each outlet framed it
- Ars Technica leans critical
- reports the $1.6M set aside from global health security funds that could otherwise fight the DRC Ebola outbreak
Sources: Ars Technica