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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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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GlaxoSmithKline's cervical cancer vaccine gets a positive recommendation.
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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.
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As another school year approaches, health experts are singing a familiar refrain: Get your child vaccinated against communicable diseases.
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All schoolgirls should be routinely vaccinated against the virus that causes cervical cancer, the Lancet says.
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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?
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Schoolchildren will be shown how to stay safe online as part of a national campaign backed by the government.
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Â·Vaccine will stop spread of sexually-transmitted virusÂ·School programme to begin next September
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Drug maker Merck &amp; Co. plans to donate enough doses of its cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil, to inoculate 1 million women in some of the world's poorest countries.
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Bypassing the Legislature altogether, Republican Gov. Rick Perry issued an order Friday making Texas the first state to require that schoolgirls get vaccinated against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer.
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It'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.
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WASHINGTON -- Two area high school students who have discovered a new way to detect breast cancer have won a national science competition.
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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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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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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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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.