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LDP League Submits Request to Reinstate HPV Vaccine Promotion
Japan should promptly reinstate its “active recommendation” for HPV vaccines, a group of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) lawmakers campaigning for this cause said in its request submitted to Health Minister Norihisa Tamura on March 29. In addition to the resumption…
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