Schoolgirls to get 'cancer jab'
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Schoolgirls in England will be vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer, ministers are set to announce.
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Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon is to send trouble-shooters to tackle cancer treatment waiting lists in two health board areas.
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Pupils at a city middle school will be able to get birth control pills and patches at their student health center after the local school board approved the proposal Wednesday evening
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Â· Vaccine will be available to 12-year-oldsÂ· Benefits will be felt for generations, says minister
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Multimillion-pound programme will vaccinate all girls aged 12 to 13.
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A vaccine that prevents infections known to cause cervical cancer could be available to women within three years, UK experts believe.
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Gov. Rick Perry ordered Friday that schoolgirls in Texas must be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer, making Texas the first state to require the shots.
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As lawmakers prepare to debate an override of the governor's order that schoolgirls be inoculated against the virus that causes cervical cancer, a group of legislators wants the state to produce a brochure about the vaccine.
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A 50-year study of breast cancer was launched yesterday to find new ways to prevent one of the major killers of women. Researchers aim to recruit 100,000 British women aged from 18 to 79
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By Houston Chronicle  Feb. 8--There are a lot of valid questions percolating around Gov. Rick Perry's executive order that Texas school girls be vaccinated against cervical cancer -- unless their parents decline. All deserve answers.
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Experts say young girls should only receive the contraceptive jab if other methods are unsuitable or unacceptable because of concerns about bone loss.
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Amy Groff has heard all about the new vaccine that guards girls against a sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer. But the Cincinnati mother has no interest in getting her 11-year-old inoculated. Because of the uncertainties, some doctors are telling parents of young girls to wait...
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- New Mexico is on the verge of becoming the latest state to require sixth-grade girls to be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus that can cause cervical cancer, a spokesman for the governor said Monday.
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All adolescent girls in European Union countries should be vaccinated against a virus that is linked to most cases of cervical cancer, a leading medical journal said on Friday.
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All girls aged 12 or 13 should be vaccinated against the viruses that cause cervical cancer, government health advisors said today.
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By The Columbus Dispatch, Ohio  Feb. 5--Merck & Co. has plenty of reasons to want its new cervical-cancer vaccine to be mandatory for girls. Potentially billions of reasons.   The vaccine, Gardasil, has been judged safe.
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It&#39;s one of the most common cancers in women and kills about a quarter of a million patients each year but scientists said on Friday that a new vaccine could prevent most cases of cervical cancer.