Cancer jab plea for girls aged 11
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All schoolgirls should be routinely vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer, the Lancet says.
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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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At least one in 10 girls in England is infected by a virus which can cause cervical cancer by the age of 16, research suggests.
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Parents urged to get children vaccinated after trebling in number of cases over last 11 weeks.
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The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) has made a pitch for an early rollout of a new vaccine for cervical cancer, saying the formula could save the lives of hundreds of thousands of women in poor countries.
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NEW YORK --Virginia Governor Tim Kaine plans to sign legislation mandating use of Merck &amp; Co.'s Gardasil cervical cancer vaccine for school-age girls.
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RICHMOND, Va. -- 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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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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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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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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Schoolgirls in Britain will be vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer, ministers have announced.
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A cervical cancer vaccine cold cut deaths by three quarters if given to all 12-year-old girls, a study says.
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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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A panel of experts is expected to recommend whether girls should be vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer.
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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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By Tulsa World, Okla.  Feb. 13--OKLAHOMA CITY -- An Oklahoma City lawmaker said Monday that she won't press her bill that would require all girls entering the sixth grade to be immunized against the human papillomavirus, which is said to lead to cervical cancer.
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What they thought would be a routine physical for her volleyball team found 14-year-old Amanda Zaborowski and her mom facing a big question: Did they want Amanda to get a new vaccine that would protect her against the common and serious sexually transmitted disease HPV, or human papillomavirus?