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Shots for Grown-Ups  -  20 Feb 2008
Forbes,Other recommended vaccines include: chicken pox vaccine for adults born after 1980 who never got the disease; Merck's human papillomavirus vaccine for young

Posted -35 sec ago  -  20 Feb 2008
Chatham Daily News,It is not too late for young women in Chatham-Kent to get an Human Papillomavirus vaccine. The Chatham-Kent Public Health Unit is offering the three-dose

CSL Half Yearly Report and Half Year Accounts  -  Feb 19, 2008
Sydney Morning Herald,Human Papillomavirus Vaccine CSL's licensee Merck, through their joint venture sanofi pasteur-MSD, has made significant progress in the European rollout of

Government wrong to push human papillomavirus vaccine  -  Jan 23, 2008
The Western Gazette,The hasty decision by our federal Health Minister to vaccinate young Canadian girls in Grades 6-9 against the human papillomavirus (HPV) is a monstrous

More trial data backs Merck's cervical cancer shot  -  Feb 7, 2008
Scientific AmericanMore trial data backs Merck's cervical cancer shot Gardasil, a Human Papillomavirus vaccine, is displayed at the Girls to Women Health and Wellness clinic

Sustained High Efficacy of Gardasil Against Precancerous Cervical ...  -  Feb 7, 2008
PharmaLive.com (press release),...[17],[18] Gardasil®, human papillomavirus vaccine [types 6,11,16,18] (recombinant, adsorbed), can be given to children and adolescents 9 to15 years and

Whooping cough causes deaths in Ohio  -  Feb 18, 2008
Wilmington News Journal, OH,...at 11–12 years of age, along with the other vaccines routinely recommended at that age (meningococcal vaccine and human papillomavirus vaccine ).

New Vaccine to help fight against Cervical Cancer  -  Jan 28, 2008
Scoop.co.nz,Cervarix (Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV) Types 16 and 18 - Recombinant, AS04 Adjuvanted) is an injection, 0.5mL per dose. Cervarix is registered in New

GSK To Update FDA On HPV Vaccine Cervarix Later This Year, CEO Says  -  Feb 12, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),GlaxoSmithKline CEO Jean-Pierre Garnier on Thursday said that the company will provide FDA with updated information about its human papillomavirus vaccine

California's Preteen Vaccination Week encourages awareness  -  Jan 22, 2008
The California Aggie Online,...recommendations include the meningococcal vaccine, a Tetanus diphtheria pertussis booster and the human papillomavirus vaccine for girls.

Vaccines get a boost: Global market increases profitability of ...  -  Jan 27, 2008
American Medical News (subscription)2006: RotaTeq, a new rotavirus vaccine, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration. 2006: Human papillomavirus vaccine became available to protect

EU Panel: Keeps Stance That Gardasil Benefits Outweigh Risks  -  Jan 24, 2008
EasyBourse.com,...the European Union Thursday said it still believes benefits associated with Merkc & Co's (MRK) human papillomavirus-vaccine Gardasil outweigh the risks.

HPV Vaccine Gardasil Sustains Efficacy In Treating Precancerous ...  -  Feb 8, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),Merck's human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil sustained 98% to 100% efficacy in preventing precancerous lesions and preventing cervical cancer, according to

House approves vaccine delay  -  Jan 21, 2008
Manassas Journal Messenger,By LILLIAN KAFKA The Virginia House of Delegates approved a delay of the human papillomavirus vaccine requirement for young girls by two years,

Senate panel keeps HPV requirement in place  -  Feb 11, 2008
Fairfaxtimes.com...committee has killed a bill that would have eliminated the requirement for girls entering the sixth grade to receive the human papillomavirus vaccine.

Amelia Salutz  -  Feb 12, 2008
Georgetown University The Hoya,The Student Health Center’s recent decision to eliminate funding for the human papillomavirus vaccine, Gardasil, has sparked an outcry among some students

General Assembly: 3000 bills introduced. 1200 still kicking. 30 ...  -  Feb 15, 2008
The Virginian-Pilot,Extends the effective date of the requirement for sixth-grade girls to receive the human papillomavirus vaccine from October 2008 to July 2010 (HB188).

EU Agency Will Not Change HPV Vaccine Gardasil Label  -  Jan 29, 2008
Medical News Today (press release),The European Medicines Agency on Thursday said it would make no changes to the label of Merck's human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil after two deaths were

Students considering vaccination against sexually transmitted disease  -  Jan 28, 2008
Valley Vanguard,...phrase has appeared in commercials and on pamphlets as a way to encourage females to look into getting the human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV), Gardasil.

New WIC Nutrition and Family Planning Center to Open in St ...  -  Jan 25, 2008
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,The HPV or human papillomavirus vaccine is available for females ages nine to 26 who are uninsured; do not qualify for the federally funded Vaccines for

Earnings Preview: Merck & Co.  -  Jan 28, 2008
Houston Chronicle,...less than its partner Schering-Plough Corp., due to several other strong revenue sources such as Januvia and the human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil.

CNS Briefs  -  Jan 25, 2008
Commonwealth Times (subscription),A bill amending the requirement that girls receive a dose of human papillomavirus vaccine before the sixth grade was delayed this past week in a House of

Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Highlights Health Issues in ...  -  Jan 22, 2008
Kaiser network.org,...one year of treatment to two years, and she proposed providing at no cost the human papillomavirus vaccine to uninsured girls between ages nine and 17.

Merck’s Vaccine Gardasilâ„¢ Will Be Best-Selling 2006-Approved ...  -  Dec 22, 2007
PR-USA.net (press release),The leading 2006 approved product by forecast sales in 2011 is Merck’s Gardasil/ Silgard which is a human papillomavirus vaccine.

Study In Nordic Countries Shows Increasing Burden Of Genital Warts ...  -  Dec 12, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Barr E and Tamms G. Quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine. Clin Infect Dis 2007:45: 609-617. 22. Olsson S. et al., quadrivalent HPV types 6/11/16/18 L1

Cabarrus Health This Week  -  Dec 23, 2007
Charlotte Observer,Gardasil (human papillomavirus vaccine) available for ages 9-26. Zostavax (shingles vaccine) available for people 60 and older.

The Evangelical Rebellion  -  Dec 23, 2007
Truthdig,Scarborough, along with holding other bizarre stances, opposes the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine on grounds that it interferes with God’s punishment of

Tackling Technological Quick Fixes in Sexual & Reproductive Health  -  Dec 4, 2007
RH Reality Check,...of an approach she characterized as the “technological fix,� in relation to the recently approved Human Papillomavirus Vaccine (HPV) in Canada.

Study: Males should be given HPV vaccine  -  Nov 28, 2007
Earthtimes,28 A US study suggested that, in addition to girls and young women, men and boys should be given the human papillomavirus vaccine. That finding comes from a

Merck's Vaccination Woes  -  Dec 13, 2007
Motley Fool...as a whole is expected to nearly double revenue this year, thanks in large part to sales of the company's human papillomavirus vaccine, Gardasil.

Writer Susan Holleran, 66; Focused on Workers' Rights  -  Dec 20, 2007
Washington Post,Ms. Holleran testified in 2006 in support of the human papillomavirus vaccine before the Food and Drug Administration's Vaccines and Related Biological

Merck Stays Conservative  -  Dec 5, 2007
Motley Fool...including Fosamax -- its second best seller in the US But expanding sales of its human papillomavirus vaccine GARDASIL, diabetes drugs JANUVIA and

Many Push to Bring Back HPV Vaccine  -  Nov 30, 2007
Georgetown University The Hoya,By Amelia Salutz The Student Health Center’s recent decision to eliminate funding for the human papillomavirus vaccine, Gardasil, has sparked an outcry

YouTube a New Medium for Immunization Foes' Message  -  Dec 6, 2007
MedPage Today,The most commonly discussed specific vaccine was the human papillomavirus vaccine (36, 24%). The authors considered 20 of the 36 HPV-focused videos to be

One mandate alone won't do  -  Dec 2, 2007
Roanoke Times,Sixth-grade girls must get the $390 three-shot human papillomavirus vaccine, just as students are required to get measles vaccinations and DTP shots,

Opinion Board | Cheers and Jeers  -  Dec 11, 2007
Daily Pennsylvanian,To Student Health Services, for deciding not to cover the human papillomavirus vaccine under the University's insurance plan. • To Facilities, for failing

Hispanic Health In Nashville 2007: Cancer Needs Assessment  -  Dec 3, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Participants with daughters under age 18 were asked if they would obtain the new human papillomavirus vaccine for their daughters if it were free,

Researchers Discuss Minorities And Cancer  -  Nov 30, 2007
eMaxHealth.com,...with daughters under age 18 said they would "probably" or "definitely" approve of their daughters receiving the human papillomavirus vaccine at no cost.

Leveraging University Research to Advance Global Health  -  22 Oct 2007
Journal of American Medical Association (subscription),Human papillomavirus vaccine was originally developed at the University of Rochester, Georgetown University, Queensland University, and the US National

Two More European Countries Recommend Free Human Papillomavirus ...  -  Oct 16, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),Last month the UK's Health Protection Agency published a modelling study showing that Gardasil® (Human Papillomavirus Vaccine [Types 6, 11, 16,

Drug Firm, FDA Deny Link Between Deaths and HPV Vaccine  -  Oct 19, 2007
CNSNews.com,...none of the eight young women, ages 11 to 22 who reportedly died after the injection of the Human Papillomavirus vaccine, died because of the vaccine.

Danish Board Of Health Backs Cervical Cancer Vaccination  -  Oct 9, 2007
CNNMoney.comSanofi Pasteur MSD markets the human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil. The Danish National Board of Health (NBH) recommends that human papillomavirus

Health briefs: Free, low-cost breast exams offered  -  Oct 20, 2007
North County Times,This free lecture, led by Dr. Sudabeh Moein, OB/GYN, is designed to educate parents and young women about the new human papillomavirus vaccine.

New vaccine gives Merck fortunes a shot  -  Oct 5, 2007
Ottawa Citizen,Nurse Nancy Brajtbord administers a shot of the Gardasil human papillomavirus vaccine to an unidentified 14-year-old patient in Dallas, Texas.

CGH event on vaccine to prevent sexually transmitted diseases  -  Oct 9, 2007
Sauk Valley Newspapers,BY SVN STAFF The human papillomavirus vaccine, which targets certain sexually transmitted strains of HPV associated with the development of cervical cancer

GOP Won't Choose Pro-Abortion Candidate, Brownback Says  -  Oct 19, 2007
CNSNews.com,Merck & Co., insist that none of the eight young women, ages 11 to 22, who reportedly died after the injection of the Human Papillomavirus vaccine,

Gardasil to be a $10 billion earner if approved for male patients ...  -  Oct 5, 2007
Medical Marketing and Media,Merck's human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil could become a blockbuster 10 times over if the vaccine if the drugmaker can win approval for use of the

GSK Applies For WHO Prequalification Of HPV Vaccine Cervarix  -  Oct 12, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),GlaxoSmithKline recently applied for World Health Organization prequalification review of its human papillomavirus vaccine Cervarix for by with the aim of

European Commission Approves GSK's Experimental HPV Vaccine ...  -  Sep 24, 2007
Kaiser network.org,GlaxoSmithKline on Monday announced that the European Commission has approved the company's experimental human papillomavirus vaccine Cervarix for sale and

More schools cover HPV vaccine, but Penn claims costs too high  -  Oct 4, 2007
Daily Pennsylvanian,Brown and Harvard universities decided this semester to offer the three-dose human papillomavirus vaccine for $75 to all female students under 26 covered by

HPV vaccine costs down  -  Oct 2, 2007
The Brown Daily Herald,Beginning this academic year, Brown and Harvard universities will offer the human papillomavirus vaccine to students for $25 a shot - a 40 percent decrease

GSK Asks WHO for Cervarix Prequalification  -  Oct 11, 2007
FDA news (subscription),Cervarix (human papillomavirus vaccine [HPV], AS04 adjuvant-adsorbed) was approved in Europe for the prevention of high-grade cervical intraepithelial

Merck To Donate Three Million Doses Of HPV Vaccine Gardasil To ...  -  Sep 28, 2007
eMaxHealth.com,...doses of its human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil to developing countries, the Philadelphia Inquirer reports (Stark, Philadelphia Inquirer , 9/27).

Canadian Pediatricians Support HPV Vaccine For Girls Aged 9-13  -  Sep 26, 2007
Medical News Today,The Canadian Pediatric Society (CPS) said in a statement that all girls aged 9-13 should receive the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine.

Physicians to educate patients on what HPV vaccine can and can't ...  -  Sep 26, 2007
TopCancerNews.com,More than one-third of Canadian women believe that the human papillomavirus vaccine prevents ovarian cancer, according to a new survey by Ovarian Cancer

New concerns raised over Merck’s Gardasil  -  Oct 9, 2007
Pharma Times (subscription),Information Act – details 1824 adverse event reactions following immunisation with the human papillomavirus vaccine, including as many as eight deaths.

HPV Vaccine Gardasil Partially Protects Against An Additional 10 ...  -  Sep 24, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),...its human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil partially prevents infection of 10 HPV strains in addition to the four HPV strains targeted by the vaccine,

Judicial Watch Releases Analysis of FDA Data Claiming Gardasil ...  -  Oct 5, 2007
Kaiser network.org,The conservative group Judicial Watch on Thursday released an analysis of FDA data that found Merck's human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil might be

DEAR DR. SHIEH  -  Sep 30, 2007
Pacific Daily News,I know the (human papillomavirus) vaccine has been widely recommended, but I am concerned with some reports of people having severe reactions to this

Survey helps set baseline for teen vaccination  -  Sep 30, 2007
American Medical News (subscription)The third preventive, the human papillomavirus vaccine, was too new to be included in the survey, although the manufacturer, Merck & Co.,

Cervical cancer in the CNMI  -  Sep 27, 2007
Saipan Tribune,By Richard Brostrom, MD You have probably heard about the new human papillomavirus vaccine for cervical cancer that is now available for use in the CNMI.

'A comprehensive condom, contraception and copulation curriculum’  -  Oct 11, 2007
Brighton Standard-Blade,...advances in health care since the curriculum was revised in 2004, such as the introduction of the human papillomavirus vaccine,� Blunck admitted.

Cabarrus Health This Week  -  Oct 7, 2007
Charlotte Observer,Gardasil (human papillomavirus vaccine) available for ages 9-26. Zostavax (shingles vaccine) available for people 60 and older.

Sanofi Pasteur Files EU Application To Update Gardasil License To ...  -  Oct 9, 2007
Medical News Today (press release),...human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil to help prevent vulvar and vaginal cancers caused by HPV strains 16 and 18, Reuters reports ( Reuters , 10/4).

She sings the body electric  -  Sep 23, 2007
Minneapolis Star Tribune (subscription),The latest edition of "It's Perfectly Normal" has been updated with information about the new human papillomavirus vaccine, which can prevent cervical


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