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...

ICE TO LAUNCH CALL CENTER TO ASSIST IN TRACKING MIGRANT CHILDREN FOR DEPORTATION. (PHOTO).


 ICE to launch call center to assist in tracking migrant children for deportation

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to open a “National Call Center” in Nashville, Tennessee, aimed at helping law enforcement locate unaccompanied migrant children for potential removal. According to a contracting notice, the center is expected to handle 6,000 to 7,000 calls per day and could be fully operational by June 2026. ICE officials said the center is being established to meet an “immediate need” for tracking minors as part of ongoing immigration enforcement efforts.

The plan has drawn criticism from immigrant advocacy groups, who argue the call center undermines protections for children. Michael Lukens, executive director of the Amica Center for Immigrant Rights, said the effort “will not protect children” and will primarily facilitate deportations. The announcement follows other moves by the administration targeting unaccompanied minors, including a DHS program offering a one-time $2,500 stipend for voluntary departure and directives earlier this year for ICE agents to locate minors living in the United States.


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