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When I told my 13-year-old daughter Alice I was taking her to get a vaccine that could help prevent cancer, she was mildly intrigued. "Cool," she allowed, "but I hate shots." Luckily, she didn't put up much resistance, and so we plunged into the heart of the...
For me, the decision to take her wasn't difficult. Gardasil, which was approved by the FDA last June, protects against four strains of human papillomavirus (HPV). Two are believed to cause 70% of cervical cancer, which strikes about 11,000 U.S. women a year. The other two strains cause...
Since the vaccine was approved in August, the Seneca and 13 other women’s groups have founded the Harvard HPV Vaccine Awareness Campaign to encourage undergraduates to get the immunization and to pressure University Health Services to offer it for free.
The new vaccine, Gardasil, is solely manufactured by Merck & Co., Inc.—a global research driven pharmaceutical company—as a preventative vaccine reccommended for women ages 9-26 who have not yet contracted HPV, a sexually transmitted disease that may lead to cervical cancer.
The March 7 article "Society Debated HPV Vaccine" incorrectly stated that the Harvard Speech and Parliamentary Debate Society opposed making the HPV vaccination mandatory. In fact, the group—which organized the debate—does not have a stance on the issue. The article also incorrectly stated that...