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Japan stopped using the MMR vaccine seven years ago - virtually the only developed nation to turn its back on the jab. Government health chiefs claim a four-year experiment with it has had serious ...

Japan’s move a ‘positive thing’ that could help raise standards in Japanese universities and potentially benefit the country, analysts note.

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