Vaccine could wipe out cervical cancer within 50 years

FDA approves HPV vaccine Gardasil for boys

By: dustgeer

Drugmaker Merck says U.S. regulators have approved its vaccine Gardasil to prevent genital warts in boys, a new use for a product already given to women to prevent cervical cancer. The Whitehouse Station, N.J.-based company says the Food and Drug Administration approved Gardasil for use in boys ages 9 through 26. Gardasil already is ...

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HPV Shot Killed UK Teen

By: RaulDeSouza

The British teen who died after being vaccinated against human papillomavirus had “a serious underlying medical condition,” health officials said today, and it is “most unlikely” that the shot, intended to prevent cervical cancer, killed 14-year-old Natalie Morton. An official at Morton’s school is skeptical. &...

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Cancer Preventive Measures

By: mohammedd

By: Joel Dresse   Cancer is a very deadly disease. This disease is one of the most deadly in terms of numbers killed year in and out. According to statistics one in three people will be affected by cancer. And one in four people will die of cancer. However cancer could be prevented in certain situations. The first step in cancer prevention ...

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Global health experts report childhood vaccines at all-time high, but ...

By: chnarendra

Reversing a downward trend, immunization rates are now at their highest ever and vaccine development worldwide is booming, according to a new assessment released today by the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF and the World Bank. View report: The State of the World’s Vaccines and Immunization (PDF) The State

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