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Plaintiffs of lawsuits over post-HPV-vaccination symptoms and their lawyers renewed their opposition to the reinstatement of the government’s “active recommendation” for HPV vaccines on November 12 on the heels of a conclusion drawn by panels of experts to support the…
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