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When my 11-year-old got her tetanus shot during her checkup last week, her pediatrician did not tell her that it was now safe to go dance barefoot on rusty nails. Which got me wondering about a recent battle in the culture wars, in which conservative groups were reported...
APPROVED. Gardasil, the world's first cancer-fighting vaccine, designed to protect women from four strains of the human papilloma virus (HPV), two of which are believed to cause 70% of cervical-cancer cases; for females aged 9 to 26; by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; in Maryland. The...
Gardasil offers nearly 100% protection against the two most common cancer-causing HPV strains, as well as two others that cause genital warts. But at $360 for three shots given over six months, the vaccine, which was developed by Merck, is among the most expensive on the market. The price...
But even those with adequate medical coverage will have to wait a while to get the vaccine. "Doctors probably aren't willing to stock it until they are sure insurers are going to pay for it," says Dr. Cynthia Rand, a pediatrician at the Golisano Children's Hospital at the...
Eventually, if enough children are vaccinated, the number of cervical biopsies and other invasive procedures should begin to drop. But since the vaccine doesn't cover every cancer-causing strain of HPV, women will still need to undergo Pap smears and other preventive tests for the foreseeable future.