By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
A groundbreaking new study has found that 56 percent of young adults in new sexual relationships are infected with human papillomavirus (HPV). Of those couples, nearly half were infected with cancer-causing types of the virus.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Dr. Diane Harper, lead researcher in the development of two human papilloma virus vaccines, Gardasil and Cervarix, said the controversial drugs will do little to reduce cervical cancer rates and, even though they’re being recommended for girls as young as nine, there have been no efficacy trials in children under the age of 15.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Journalist
British health officials have called a temporary halt to a national vaccination program after a 14 year-old collapsed and died a few hours after receiving the controversial cervical cancer vaccine, Cervarix.
By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
Gardasil, the controversial vaccine developed to protect girls from being infected with a sexually transmitted disease (STD) that causes cervical cancer, is once again in the news for causing adverse reactions.
by Susan Brinkmann, OCDS
Staff Writer
According to newly obtained documents from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), there have now been as many as 20 deaths of young girls who received the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine known as GARDASIL.
