Guinea-Bissau hepatitis B trial: controversial study cancelled after police raid researchers’ offices

Leslie Liang New York, USA A controversial hepatitis B vaccine trial planned in Guinea-Bissau will not proceed, its principal investigator Frederik Schaltz-Buchholzer has confirmed, after the country’s government refused to authorise the study. Schaltz- …

“Do not seek an ecclesiastical career”: Catholic Bishop in Guinea-Bissau Urges Seminarians to Embrace Service

“Closeness to the altar must make us closer to our brothers and sisters, closer to the poor, closer to the sick, closer to the abandoned and those who suffer,” the Local Ordinary of Bafatá since his Episcopal Ordination in June 2025 said. He added that …

Quick takes: CDC notes 3rd measles death, FDA OKs hepatitis B treatment, hep B vaccine seized in Guinea-Bissau

“A Huge Relief”: Stand Up for Science Celebrates Stopping Controversial Hep-B Vaccine Study in Guinea-Bissau

WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, October 21, 2026 /⁨EINPresswire.com⁩/ -- Following the news that the controversial Hepatitis B vaccine safety study in Guinea-Bissau newborns has been canceled permanently, Stand Up for Science is celebrating the …

RFK Jr’s ‘deities of vaccine research’ raided by police in Guinea-Bissau

Controversial vaccine researchers who have been praised by Robert F Kennedy Jr, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary, had their offices in Guinea-Bissau raided by judicial police, who seized doses of hepatitis B vaccines, …

Trade Minister Receives Guinea-Bissau Ambassador

On 19 September, in Nouakchott, Mr. Lemrabott Ould Bennahi, the Minister of Trade, Industry, Handicrafts, and Tourism, received HE Mr. Bailo Kassema, the Ambassador of the Republic of Guinea Bissau to Mauritania. The meeting focused on the cooperative …

Hepatitis B Guinea-Bissau trial: Researchers behind controversial study weigh in as confusion reigns over its fate

Leslie Liang, John Ely, Mun Keat Looi New York and London Danish researchers behind a controversial study of hepatitis B vaccination in Guinea-Bissau have defended their plan to explore any potential negative consequences of the jab. Controversy regarding …

TGS secures rights to reprocess JAAN 3D survey in Guinea-Bissau

Energy data provider TGS has agreed terms with Empresa Nacional de Pesquisa e Exploração (PetroGuin) to secure the rights to reprocess the JAAN 3D seismic dataset across Guinea-Bissau on a multi-client basis. The project covers more than 11,000km² of 3D …

Guinea-Bissau denies it has approved Danish-led, RFK Jr-backed vaccine trial in newborns

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 …

Guinea-Bissau denies it has approved Danish-led, RFK Jr-backed vaccine trial in newborns

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 …