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...

NIGERIAN CRITICIZE HIGH TRANSPORT FARES DESPITE PETROL PRICE DROP.(PHOTO).


 Nigerians Criticize High Transport Fares Despite Petrol Price Drop


Nigerians are expressing frustration as transporters fail to reduce fares following a decrease in petrol prices. Despite a reduction in fuel prices, transport fares have remained high or even increased in some areas. 


The recent reduction in petrol prices from N970 to N899.50 per litre by Dangote Refinery and subsequent price cuts from NNPC have not translated into lower transport costs. Many Nigerians have pointed out that transport fares remain higher than before, with some suggesting that greed may be driving the price hikes. Experts also attribute the situation to factors like dollar fluctuations and Nigeria's reliance on imported goods.

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