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HPV Vaccine a Matter of Individual Choice, Not Government Mandate, Says Harvard Women's Health Watch
Published in Vaccine Weekly, August 15th, 2007
Media coverage of the recently introduced human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine -- including talk of state- mandated vaccination programs -- has brought considerable attention, if not always clarity, to this issue. Although the vaccine represents a major medical breakthrough, there is reason to be cautious. The benefits and risks of the new HPV vaccine aren't fully known, reports the August 2007 issue of Harvard Women's Health Watch.
Gardasil, the new vaccine, has been shown to protect against four types of HPV that are sexually transmitted and thought to cause most cases of cervical cancer and genital warts. But it won't protect against the nearly one dozen other types of...
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Source: Vaccine Weekly (2007-08-15)
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