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US-Backed Infant Vaccine Trial Canceled
· New York time
A US-backed vaccine trial involving babies was canceled last week following international outcry, Ars Technica reported. Police subsequently seized vaccine doses. The sequence matters: cancellation preceded the seizure. The episode puts the conduct and oversight of clinical research involving infants under scrutiny. The cancellation does not, on its own, establish a vaccine's medical properties or resolve every scientific question surrounding a proposed trial. Administrative machinery can be slow, but here the research plan reached a definite stop. The institutional lesson is serious: public trust is not a form that can be attached after the rest of the paperwork is finished.
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