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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

Despite risks and expense, FDA approves Gardasil for boys
Posted: November 24, 2009 Pharmaceutical

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which informs the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on vaccine use and policy, declined to advocate for Gardasil’s systematic and widespread use in boys and men. The human papilloma virus, or HPV, does not

Gardasil poses unnecessary risk of injury, death
Posted: November 2, 2008 Pharmaceutical

Dr. Diane Harper, the lead researcher in human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine development, astonished her peers at the 4th International Public Conference on Vaccination last month when she spoke out against Merck’s Gardasil vaccination, rather than promote it as she