Another Vaccine Scandal Erupts in China

Another Vaccine Scandal Erupts in China
A child receives a vaccination shot at a hospital in Yunyang County in Chongqing City on Aug. 15, 2018. STR/AFP/Getty Images
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A health service center in northern China was recently found to have deliberately used single-target vaccines to replace a pentavalent vaccine meant to protect children from five diseases at once, in a scheme to make profits.

The incident is the latest in a string of vaccine scandals that have outraged parents nationwide.