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The Vaccine Debate Goes On
LATEST FINDINGS Thimerosal, a mercury-based vaccine preservative, has long been associated with neurological disabilities like autism. New research by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, however, finds thimerosal does not cause childhood-development problems.
After months of lobbying by students for price reductions, Harvard University Health Services (UHS) said yesterday that it would offer the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for $25 per shot. Women under the age of 26 on Harvard’s insurance plan will be able to obtain the vaccine, which...
Gardasil protects against four strains of HPV: 6 and 11, which cause genital warts, and 16 and 18, which cause cancer. It makes sense for young women to get vaccinated before exposure to any of these strains. But should they still get vaccinated if they have already acquired one or...
The field of HPV vaccine research is still in its earliest stages. Studies have only just begun on the safety of the vaccine in women older than 26. And, according to GlaxoSmithKline spokeswoman Liad Diamond, studying Cervarix in boys and men is "on the radar screen of the clinical development...