The World Health Organization on Friday voiced serious concerns over a planned US-funded hepatitis B vaccine trial on newborn ...

A Rolling Stone investigation uncovered irregularities in the ethics review of a $1.6 million research grant to examine the ...

By Jessica Donati Feb 18 (Reuters) - 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 ...

Giving some newborns in Guinea-Bissau an established hepatitis B treatment but not others is "unethical", it says.

African scientists have criticised a study of hepatitis B virus birth dose vaccination as being unethical. Gilbert Nakweya reports.

The World Health Organization (WHO) underscores that the hepatitis B birth dose vaccine is an effective, and essential public ...

Guinea-Bissau is one of the world's poorest countries, with half its population considered poor, according to the World Bank. It has emerged as a hub for drug trafficking between Latin America and ...

The U.S. plans to participate in a WHO meeting to decide on future influenza vaccines, signaling ongoing cooperation despite ...

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau -- Soldiers in Guinea-Bissau on Friday appointed a close ally of the deposed president as prime minister, after seizing power following disputed national elections earlier this ...

BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau — Guinea-Bissau's military junta has set a date for new elections following its takeover late last year, according to a statement by the junta's leader on Wednesday. In a ...

General Antonio Indjai, 57, is the chief of staff of Guinea-Bissau’s armed forces, and on April 12 he overthrew the elected government in a coup, citing as the reason the presence of the Angolan ...

Guinea-Bissau’s foreign minister said his government has stopped a study funded by US President Donald Trump’s administration aiming to evaluate side-effects of the life-saving hepatitis B vaccine, ...