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New Polio Vaccine Linked to Paralysis Outbreaks in Africa: Officials Confirm 7 Children Paralyzed
The Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) and health officials in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi have announced that seven children have been paralyzed by vaccine-derived polio linked to the nOPV2 polio vaccine, which was developed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
The Gates Foundation, a GPEI partner, funded the development and clinical trials for the nOPV2 vaccine....