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What happens if fewer children get vaccinated? Japan holds lessons for US

As Robert F. Kennedy Jr slashes the US childhood vaccine roster, Japan is racing to make up for lost ground after decades of setbacks.
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  1. Heidi Ledford

    1. Heidi Ledford reports for Nature from Seattle, Washington.

When US officials announced earlier this month that they were shrinking the country’s roster of recommended childhood immunizations, physicians and scientists alike wondered what to expect. How much would infectious disease rates rise? Who would be most affected?

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-00146-2

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