Virginia to require vaccine for girls
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Gov. Timothy M. Kaine said Thursday he would sign legislation requiring all sixth-grade girls to be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that can cause cervical cancer.
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The number of children enrolled in Virginia&#39;s health insurance program for minors has risen dramatically since 2002, Gov. Mark R. Warner (D) announced yesterday during a stop in Alexandria
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Work has started on building a 200 million-dose stockpile of smallpox vaccines but it could take up to three years to complete, World Health Organization (WHO) officials said on Wednesday.
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RICHMOND, Oct. 4 -- Gov. Timothy M. Kaine on Thursday urged Virginia's congressional delegation to help override President Bush's veto of an expansion of a popular children's health insurance program, saying 83,000 kids in the state could lose coverage if the veto stands.
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All girls of 11 in the EU should be vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer, a medical journal says.
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Taking up a potentially explosive issue among religious conservatives, an influential government advisory panel Thursday recommended that 11- and 12-year-old girls be routinely vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.
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By Janet Elliott, Houston Chronicle  Feb. 15--AUSTIN -- The high cost of the vaccine that protects against a sexually transmitted virus linked to cervical cancer is becoming a key issue in opposition to Gov. Rick Perry's order that schoolgirls receive the shots.
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Schoolgirls should be vaccinated against cervical cancer, a panel recommends.
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By Emily Ramshaw, The Dallas Morning News  Feb. 18--AUSTIN -- Advocates of mandatory HPV vaccines for Texas schoolgirls rest their case on sound science -- medical evidence that a few shots could nearly eradicate the sexually transmitted disease and the cancer it can cause.
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All schoolgirls should be routinely vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer, the Lancet says.
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By Sarah Vos, The Lexington Herald-Leader, Ky.  Feb. 16--FRANKFORT -- Under a bill approved by the House Health and Welfare Committee yesterday, middle school girls would be required to be vaccinated for a virus that causes cervical cancer.
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Years of clinical trials have yielded promising results for a vaccine that would protect women from a virus that causes cervical cancer.
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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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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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British schoolgirls are to be offered vaccinations against cervical cancer from next year, in a scheme which could save hundreds of lives a year, officials said Friday.
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A plan to offer girls aged 12 to 13 vaccinations against cervical cancer from September 2008 could end up saving 400 lives a year, the government announced Friday.
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Texas became the first U.S. state to require that all 11- and 12-year-old girls be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, or HPV, a sexually transmitted disease that can cause cervical cancer, the governor's office said on Friday.