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Regional Governors Club Urges Early Conclusion on HPV Vaccines
A group of five governors from the Chugoku western Japan region is nudging the health ministry to draw a conclusion as soon as possible on whether to reinstate what it calls “active recommendation” for HPV vaccines under the national immunization…
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