HPV Vaccine for Girls Promoted in Maine
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By Meg Haskell, Bangor Daily News, Maine  Feb. 13--A deadly virus that is the most common cause of cervical cancer in women is the target of proposed legislation in Maine.   Sen.
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Every Massachusetts girl between the ages of 9 and 18 would be eligible to receive a free vaccine against the virus that causes cervical cancer under Gov. Deval Patrick's budget proposal.
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The British government took a step Wednesday toward offering vaccinations against cervical cancer for girls as young as 12,  a measure that could be carried out by late next year.
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Merck &amp; Co. is helping bankroll efforts to pass state laws requiring girls as young as 11 or 12 to receive the drugmaker's new vaccine against the sexually transmitted cervical-cancer virus.
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Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) has decided to sign legislation requiring sixth-grade girls get immunized against a virus that causes cervical cancer if their parents don't object, his aides said this morning.
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Michigan girls entering the sixth grade next year would have to be vaccinated against cervical cancer under legislation backed Tuesday by a bipartisan group of female lawmakers.
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By David Klepper, The Wichita Eagle, Kan.  Jan. 31--TOPEKA -- Kansas has joined the growing list of states considering a plan to require girls to be vaccinated against a virus that causes cervical cancer.
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New Mexico is on the verge of becoming the latest state to require girls entering sixth grade to be vaccinated against a sexually transmitting virus that can cause cervical cancer, a spokesman for the governor said Monday.
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A new vaccine being tested on Canadian women appears 100 per cent effective in protecting against multiple strains of the virus that causes cervical cancer, bringing the world a &quot;huge&quot; step closer to the first vaccine against cancer, researchers report.
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A new vaccine could prevent most cases of cervical cancer. Almost 250,000 women worldwide die each year from the cancer, which is linked to HPV viruses.
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Washington - Years of clinical trials have yielded promising results for a vaccine that would protect women from a virus that causes cervical cancer, researchers said on Monday.
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NEW YORK NOV 11, 2004  - In a study conducted in North America and Brazil, a bivalent vaccine was effective in preventing infection with the two most common oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV) types -- HPV-16 and HPV-18.
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Sanofi Pasteur MSD says it has won approval to begin selling Gardasil, the first vaccine against cervical cancer, in Europe.
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A vaccine that could prevent young women from developing most cases of cervical cancer could be on the market within a few years.
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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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GlaxoSmithKline's cervical cancer vaccine gets a positive recommendation.
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London - A vaccination against a normal cancer-causing strains of human papillomavirus prevents the recurring infections that causes cervical cancer, researchers report according to Lancet, the British journal.