Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System Tagged Articles

Gardasil rushed to market despite low benefit vs risk ratio
Posted: June 6, 2011 Pharmaceutical

Gardasil, a vaccine manufactured by Merck and promoted as a prevention for cervical cancer, was approved by the FDA in 2006. Later the same month, the vaccine was added to a list of recommended vaccines for girls ages 11-12 years.

Video links young woman’s illness to Gardasil vaccinations
Posted: May 13, 2011 Pharmaceutical

Teenager Kirsten Jamison made a short film in 2009, dedicated to her friend Gabby Swank, who she said was seriously injured after receiving a series of Gardasil vaccines. The vaccine has been promoted since 2006 for girls and young women,

Cervical cancer expert discusses report questioning Gardasil safety
Posted: October 6, 2010 Pharmaceutical

Recently, WTVR CBS-6 News in Richmond, Virginia, brought viewers a troubling report of serious adverse events and 16 deaths linked to the Gardasil vaccine. The vaccine, which is intended to prevent four types of human papillomavirus (HPV) that cause cervical

Malaysian government set to vaccinate girls with Gardasil
Posted: September 7, 2010 Pharmaceutical

SM Mohammed Idris, president of the Consumers Association of Penang, recently wrote an opinion piece for the Malaysia Kini website, asking that the government reconsider its decision to vaccinate all 13-year-old girls in the country with Gardasil or Cervarix. According

SaneVax launches critical evaluation of Gardail vaccine, HPV virus
Posted: August 26, 2010 Pharmaceutical

S.A.N.E. VAX, Inc., is newly established non-profit organization dedicated to promoting  safe, affordable, necessary and effective vaccines and vaccination practices through education and information. Its mission is two-fold: to provide information individuals need to make informed decisions prior to vaccination,

Drug industry studies promote expanded uses for Gardasil vaccine
Posted: August 17, 2010 Pharmaceutical

A recent study, funded by Merck Research Laboratories, a division of Merck & Company, which manufactures and markets the Gardasil vaccine, is touting the drug for use not only as protection against cervical cancer, but also to prevent genital warts

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

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