Word: gardasilã
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...cost,” Rosenthal wrote. There are over 120 different strains of HPV, but the four that Gardasil fends off are responsible for 70 percent of cervical cancer cases and 90 percent of genital warts infections. According to the website of Merck & Co., Inc.—Gardasil??s manufacturer—testing found the vaccine to be 100 percent effective in preventing high-grade cervical pre-cancers and non-invasive cervical cancers associated with HPV type 16 and 18 infections. But the cost of the injection series, each priced at $154 by UHS and not covered...
...treatment, however, is a bit pricey. The vaccine consists of three separate shots administered over six months and costs about $360, a price that is a reach for many U.S. families and an impossibility for most in developing nations. While Merck, Gardasil??s manufacturer, has stated that it is committed to providing Gardasil to the developing world and is working with the Gates Foundation to do so, it remains to be seen if and how this will be done, as many other vaccination programs for the impoverished have faltered. (In the United States, Gardasil is included...
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