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New Zealand mom launches website warning of Gardasil dangers

Posted: March 29, 2011 Pharmaceutical

A New Zealand mother, upset about a lack of notice her child’s school provided to parents about upcoming Gardasil vaccinations, has launched a website to warn parents about the dangers associated with the vaccine. Promoted as a prevention for cervical

Aggressive marketing of Gardasil plays on public fear of cancer

Posted: February 18, 2011 Pharmaceutical

A recent lecture presented by Southern Methodist University’s Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics and Public Responsibility, in collaboration with SMU’s Department of Anthropology, examined the ethical questions of pharmaceutical company Merck’s marketing of its Gardasil vaccine. The drug, fast-tracked

Canadian coroner expresses worry about Gardasil side effects

Posted: December 28, 2010 Pharmaceutical

A coroner in the Canadian province of Quebec is expressing concern about possible unknown side effects related to the HPV vaccine, Gardasil. The medical examiner became worried after examining the body of a 14-year-old girl, who died after receiving her

Video outlines untold dangers of Gardasil vaccine

Posted: September 28, 2010 Pharmaceutical

A video produced by Jenny Thompson, director of The Health Sciences Institute, outlines the myths and untold dangers surrounding the vaccine Gardasil. Gardasil, manufactured by Merck & Co., is marketed as a preventive treatment for girls beginning at age 9

Push to expand Gardasil vaccine to boys as throat cancer linked to HPV

Posted: August 19, 2010 Pharmaceutical

There is a push to expand the distribution of the Gardasil vaccine, manufactured by Merck & Company, to boys, as recent studies are linking the development of throat cancers to the Human Papillomavirus (HPV). Gardasil is currently marketed as a

Gardasil injures and kills many, but no recall

Posted: April 2, 2010 Pharmaceutical

Washington Examiner opinion editor Barbara Hollingsworth raises an interesting question about Merck’s cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil: If 52 deaths linked to sudden unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles prompted massive, multi-billion-dollar recalls, then why is Gardasil still administered to thousands of

January is cervical cancer awareness month

Posted: January 21, 2010 Pharmaceutical

Women considering receiving the Gardasil vaccine for themselves or their daughters  may encounter a lot of confusing, sometimes contradictory information and sweeping generalizations. Because January is Cervical Cancer Awareness month, more women and girls may be seeking information about human

HPV authority says pap tests make Gardasil vaccine unnecessary

Posted: January 19, 2010 Pharmaceutical

When asked if she believed the Gardasil vaccine presented more risks to girls and women than the possibility of cervical cancer, Dr. Diane Harper, the lead researcher in human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine development told journalist Marcia Yerman that Gardasil

Former CDC director to head Merck’s vaccine division, Gardasil

Posted: December 29, 2009 Pharmaceutical

Merck and Co. announced yesterday that Dr. Julie Gerberding, the former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will head the pharmaceutical giant’s vaccine division. Dr. Gerberding served as the CDC director from 2002 to 2009, stepping

CDC drops Gardasil from list of must-have vaccines for immigants

Posted: December 9, 2009 Pharmaceutical

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently rescinded its controversial and, some argued, discriminatory requirement that all girls and women ages 11 to 26 immigrating to the United States receive at least one injection of Gardasil, Merck’s human papillomavirus