Vatican says Pope Leo needs no further lung cancer treatment; vaccine trial halted

Pope Leo’s lung cancer was localised, Vatican says

Pope Leo requires no further treatment for lung cancer, the Vatican said in a statement citing his doctors. Final tissue and molecular tests confirmed that the cancer was localised, according to the statement.

Newborn vaccine trial halted in Guinea-Bissau

A controversial US-backed hepatitis B vaccine trial involving newborns in Guinea-Bissau has been halted. The study, which was to receive CDC funding, had drawn global criticism, the Guardian reported.

Lead researcher Frederik Schaltz-Buchholzer said on Wednesday that the study would not move forward in Guinea-Bissau because it had not received the necessary government approval. He announced the decision in a LinkedIn post.