The Central Social Insurance Medical Council, better known as Chuikyo, appears to see the need to set up new dosage…
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Japan to Reinstate Recommendation for HPV Vaccination in April
Japan’s health ministry told municipal authorities on November 26 that it will reinstate what it calls an “active recommendation” of vaccines to prevent infection with HPV, the main cause of cervical and other cancers, in April next year. In its…
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