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...offering human papillomavirus vaccine, several campus groups have mounted a drive to increase awareness of it—and make sure cost does not keep students from getting it. The Harvard College Women’s Center (HCWC), the Seneca, and 13 other student organizations are leading the Harvard HPV Vaccine Awareness Campaign to inform women of the benefits of vaccination, and to gauge interest in urging UHS to make the vaccine, Gardasil, more affordable. “This is definitely a resource for women that will hopefully have a very large effect on women’s health...
Although the pap test for human papilloma virus could result in a false positive, Gharib promises that “the DNA test for HPV is very reliable...
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...editors: I thought your article on the recent approval of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine was well researched and reported (“A Welcome Pharmaceutical,” editorial, Sept. 26). Women’s healthcare issues have received far less funding and attention than men’s. You might want to make women aware that there are large HMO organizations that still have not “approved” the use of this vaccine even though it has passed the rigors of the Food and Drug Administration and the Center for Disease Control. My daughter...
...including the tremendous numbers of potential lives saved, makes opposition to the vaccine all the more troubling. Certain conservative religious groups’ have attacked the ACIP’s recommendations not on the grounds that the vaccine is unsafe—the vaccine cannot infect a person with HPV, and side-effects are minor—but rather because of fear that giving the vaccine to all girls will lead to an increase in sexual activity. Such an argument not only ignores the fact that women can contract HPV through non-consensual sex, but also reflects a dangerously na?...