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...

NECO DISOWNS FAKE FACEBOOK ACCOUNT IMPERSONATING REGISTRAR. (PHOTO).


 NECO Disowns Fake Facebook Account Impersonating Registrar


The National Examinations Council (NECO) has issued a public warning regarding a fraudulent Facebook account created in the name of its Registrar and Chief Executive, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi.


In a statement signed by Azeez Sani, Acting Director of Information and Public Relations, NECO clarified that the account is not associated with the Registrar and was created to deceive and defraud unsuspecting individuals. The council urged the public to be cautious to avoid falling victim to the scam.


“Security agents have been notified to take appropriate action against the perpetrators of this fraudulent act,” the statement added, as NECO works to protect the public from the ongoing fraud.

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