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MHLW to Continue Withholding HPV Vaccine Recommendation
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s (MHLW) adversary panels on April 10 concluded that the ministry’s active recommendation for human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine shots should remain suspended after a study showed that what are reported as post-vaccination symptoms…
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