FDA Panel Endorses Cervical Cancer Vaccine
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A drug company hopes to win federal approval early next month for a novel cervical cancer vaccine that it touts as the next biggest thing since the pap test in fighting the No. 2 cancer in women.
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A new vaccine gives women at least several years of protection from the virus blamed for most cases of cervical cancer, according to the findings of a University of Washington-led study announced yesterday.
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According to a study by the University of Washington, a new vaccine can prevent cervical cancer for at least four years. The vaccine works by blocking the most common strain of the human papilloma virus (HPV
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A panel of experts advising the US Food and Drug Administration recommended Wednesday that the agency approve Aventis Pasteur&#39;s long-acting Menactra vaccine against bacterial meningitis.
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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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An experimental vaccine against one strain of the human papilloma virus blocked most infections by the virus and, more important, prevented development of a precursor of cervical cancer caused by the virus, researchers said Monday.
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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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Experts met in London Tuesday to discuss how to make a cervical cancer vaccine available to women in poor countries who need it most. The two-day meeting was being attended by some 60 representatives from public health agencies, pharmaceutical companies, non-governmental organizations and philanthropic foundations to try to accelerate the developing world's access to the vaccine.
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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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A new vaccine could prevent the majority of cases of cervical cancer, suggest the results of a major trial. The vaccine protects against the virus that causes cervical cancer, which kills almost a quarter of a million women worldwide each year.
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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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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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The European Union has approves the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil, which could prevent nearly 3,000 cancers each year in the UK alone.
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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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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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A vaccine developed to protect woman from a virus responsible for most cervical cancer cases has shown promising results in clinical trials.
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TRENTON, N.J. -- Pediatricians, gynecologists and even health insurers all call Gardasil, the first vaccine to prevent cervical cancer, a big medical advance.