Masahiro Kami, M.D., Ph.D. President, Medical Governance Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan The COVID-19 vaccine KOSTAIVE, developed by Meiji Seika Pharma, a subsidiary of Meiji Holdings (Meiji HD), is drawing public attention. Social media is overflowing with rumors such as false claims that "shedding from vaccinated individuals can infect others around them." Shedding refers to the idea that after KOSTAIVE proliferates in the recipient’s body, some of it is released into the

Masaharu Tsubokura, M.D., Ph.D. Chief Professor, Department of Radiation Health Management, School of Medicine, Fukushima Medical...