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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 MAN ARRESTED AT SOUTH AFRICAN AIRPORT OVER INGESTED COCAINE CAPSULES FOLLOWING FLIGHT FROM BRAZIL.(PHOTO).


 Nigerian Man Arrested At South African Airport Over Ingested Cocaine Capsules Following Flight From Brazil


A Nigerian man, 55, has been arrested by the South African Police Service (SAPS) on suspicion of drug trafficking shortly after landing at OR Tambo International Airport from São Paulo, Brazil.


SAPS spokesperson, Lieutenant Colonel Amanda Van Wyk, confirmed the arrest in a statement released on Tuesday, stating that authorities discovered the suspect had allegedly swallowed cocaine capsules worth an estimated R7.5 million, IOL SA reports.


“The suspect had just landed from São Paulo, Brazil when he was intercepted by police. A medical X-ray revealed that he had swallowed multiple objects suspected to be capsules containing cocaine,” said Van Wyk.


She further stated that the suspect is still in the process of expelling the ingested capsules.


The suspect is expected to appear in the Kempton Park Magistrates’ Court soon.

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