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A certain proportion of teenagers who did not receive human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine shots experienced symptoms similar to various post-vaccination reactions reported by HPV vaccine recipients, such as pain and motor impairment, a study revealed. The health ministry-funded epidemiological…
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