GUINEA-BISSAU STOPS VACCINE STUDY FUNDED BY TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. (PHOTO).

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 Guinea-Bissau stops vaccine study funded by Trump administration Guinea-Bissau's foreign minister has said his government has stopped a study funded by the Trump administration aiming to evaluate side effects of the life-saving hepatitis B vaccine, including any links to autism. The West African country, one of the region's poorest, has high rates of hepatitis B, and the prospective study had drawn an outcry from scientists and international health bodies because only half the newborns in the trial would get the vaccine at birth. World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus said it was not ethical. Guinea-Bissau last month suspended the trial pending an ethical review. Critics had said it was being used to test theories linking vaccines to autism, long promoted by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr but contradicted by scientific evidence. Foreign Minister Joao Bernardo Vieira said in an interview on Tuesday that the study had been closed, citing concer...

RIHANNA SUITS UP IN PENGUIN STYLE AT SOUTH AFRICA AQUARIUM.

Webbed wonder: Pop star Rihanna got up close and personal with the penguins on a day out at the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, South AfricaFace off: Riri and her new feathered friend eye each other up on MondayHanging with a friend: The 25-year-old was enjoying some time off from her arduous Diamond tourBack to basics: The pop star stripped off her sweatshirt to reveal her tanned and toned body at the aquarium Family affair: Rihanna shared a photo of Instagram with her relatives at the aquariumFamily first: Rihanna enjoyed the aquarium with her loved onesRihanna at the Aquarium- Cape Town Ladies day: Rihanna shared a photo of her with her cousins at the aquariumR&R time: Rihanna looked relaxed and happy as she took time off from her 97-date tour

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