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Japan Selects JN.1 for COVID-19 Vaccine Formula in 2024-2025 Season
A Japanese health ministry panel on May 29 decided to designate the JN.1 strains of the novel coronavirus to be used as the COVID-19 vaccine antigen for its first national immunization program (NIP) to run in the upcoming 2024/2025 fall-winter…
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