Science News by administrator on October 21, 2010 (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) A study of the options for reducing cancer incidence and mortality among women who have been treated for precancerous cervical lesions found that an annual conventional Pap smear is a cost effective strategy. Joy Melnikow, professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and […]
Launch of Gardasil for Sanofi Pasteur MSD
Bray Leino BroadSkill Gardasil®, the world’s first vaccine against cervical cancer, will save girls’ lives. Client SanofiPasteur MSD asked us to design a launch showcase, an event that demanded drama, emotion and scale. The brief Bray Leino was asked to create a launch event for Gardasil, the pioneering vaccine that protects girls against cervical cancer, […]
Vaccine-fearing parents responsible for measles outbreaks
American Council on Science and Health October 14, 2010 Parents philosophically opposed to the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine are responsible for hundreds of sickened children in the last few years, government data show. Measles has essentially been eradicated in the United States since 2000 thanks to the MMR vaccine — but sporadic infections still do occur, […]
Should we abolish the religious exemption for mandatory vaccinations?
American Council on Science and Health October 19, 2010 A thoughtful comment was sent to us recently by Kathleen Hoke Dachille, an associate professor at the University of Maryland School of Law. Professor Dachille wrote she agreed with our call to eliminate the philosophical belief exemption for mandatory childhood vaccines, but went on to say: I […]
Eight virus types cause almost all cervical cancer
Reuters By Kate Kelland LONDON | Mon Oct 18, 2010 12:06am BST LONDON (Reuters) – Scientists have identified the eight human papillomavirus (HPV) types responsible for more than 90 percent of cervical cancer cases worldwide and say they should be the targets for the next generation of vaccines. Drugmakers GlaxoSmithKline and Merck & Co. already […]
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