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Why Guinea-Bissau halted a controversial hepatitis vaccine trial for babies

1 source1 article First seen 18 hours ago Updated 18 hours ago United States Truth score 32

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Experts have said the US-funded trial would deny critical vaccines to thousands of infants.

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Al Jazeera English Leans left Factuality: High State media QA 18 hours ago
Why Guinea-Bissau halted a controversial hepatitis vaccine trial for babies
Experts have said the US-funded trial would deny critical vaccines to thousands of infants.

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Truth score

32/100Weakly supported

Independent outlets: 1
Source reliability: 78/100
Sides of the spectrum covering it: 1/3
Deducted for copied text, sensational framing or state media: -10
Propaganda risk: 100/100

Possible propaganda: 1 State-funded media: 1

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Left: 1
Centre: 0
Right: 0
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Source quality

Average reliability: 78/100 (High)
Low-credibility outlets: 0%
State media: 100%
Opinion pieces: 0%

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