Cervical Cancer Vaccine Wins Federal Approval

[dairishhoya]

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved use of the vaccine, Gardasil, for use in girls and women ages 9 to 26. It works by preventing infection by four strains of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, the most prevalent sexually transmitted disease.

tinyurl.com/f7nop

And it seems as though research at Georgetown led to this break-thru:

explore.georgetown.edu/news/?ID=15963

[StPetersburgHoya (Inactive)]

Wow that is a huge breakthrough. There are a lot of people who are my age who apparently have HPV and more who don't know it yet. The things you learn by listening to Dr. Drew on "Love Line" ...

[RusskyHoya]

"a lot of people my age"

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