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Health minister says government ‘did not authorize’ Danish-led hepatitis B trial in babies backed by RFK Jr Guinea-Bissau has not approved the controversial hepatitis B study in newborns that would be funded by the US government and private partners, the African country’s minister of health said on Tuesday. The study, which would not investigate the safety or effectiveness of vaccines but would instead track “nonspecific” health outcomes like overall mortality or neurodevelopmental conditions, has been championed by Robert F Kennedy Jr, secretary of the…

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV spent a calm night in the hospital after successful surgery that saw part of his right lung removed and a confirmed cancer diagnosis , the Vatican said early Wednesday. The 71-year-old American pontiff was diagnosed with adenocarcinoma, a type of non-small cell lung cancer that accounts for 80% of all cases, according to the American Lung Association. The 90-minute operation to remove a malignant lung nodule was completed “successfully, on schedule and as planned,” the Vatican said Tuesday. Leo was in the operating theater for nearly three hours, it said.

A group of clinicians warns technology use in English schools is driving a rise in health problems like short-sightedness.

Although rare, cancer is the leading cause of death from disease among children under 15 in the UK.