The World Health Organization on Friday voiced serious concerns over a planned US-funded hepatitis B vaccine trial on newborn babies in junta-run Guinea-Bissau, questioning it on scientific and ...

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

The health trial by researchers at the University of Southern Denmark has been suspended by Bissau-Guinean authorities.

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) approved a $1.6 million grant to fund a study on the efficacy of the hepatitis B vaccine Dec. 15, 2025. After U.S. Secretary of Health ...

Domingos Simoes Pereira was one of several senior politicians imprisoned by the military following a November coup which took place days after presidential elections.

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

A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), led by Niko Hobdari, Mission Chief for Guinea-Bissau, held discussions in Bissau during February 3–13 2026 on macroeconomic policies in the context ...

Military officials in the small West African nation of Guinea-Bissau have announced a new leader one day after seizing power in a military coup. General Horta Inta-A was named as the head of a ...

BISSAU, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- The transitional government of Guinea-Bissau said the high military command, which has been running the country since the Nov. 26 coup, will "unequivocally" respect the ...

Guinea Bissau Army general Horta N’Tam looks on during the swearing in ceremony as the transition leader and the leader of ...

Guinea-Bissau is making its first appearance at the Winter Olympics, with 19-year-old skier Winston Tang set to compete in the slalom at the Milano-Cortina Games in Italy, which run until 22 February.