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...

ONE DEAD, FOUR INJURED IN FARMERS-HERDERS CLASH IN JIGAWA. (PHOTO).


 One Dead, Four Injured in Farmers-Herders Clash in Jigawa


A violent clash between farmers and herders in Gululu, Miga Local Government Area of Jigawa State, left one person dead and four injured.  


The conflict erupted after peasant farmers accused herders of breaking into a provision store. Following footprints to a Fulani settlement, the farmers were reportedly met with arrows, escalating tensions.  


Village head Muhammad Sarkin-Dori confirmed the injuries and reported that a missing farmer, Dauda Kafinta, was later found dead with arrow wounds. Five injured individuals were referred to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital.  


State Assembly Speaker Haruna Aliyu visited the area, urging calm and ordering police reinforcements. Investigations into the incident are ongoing.

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