Sydney Morning Herald
Australia
Danny Rose, Medical Writer
August 24, 2010 – 6:04PM
AAP
Young women in Australia are shunning the uncomfortable, but potentially life-saving, Pap test.
More US teens get vaccinated, CDC finds
Reuters
Thu Aug 19, 2010 12:23pm EDT
* 54 percent vaccinated against meningitis
* 27 percent of girls fully protected against HPV
More U.S. teens are getting recommended vaccines against certain cancers, meningitis and infectious diseases, government researchers reported on Thursday.
Experts debate future HPV vaccine policy
6 Minutes
by Michael Woodhead
August 20, 2010
Immunisation experts say there is no immediate need to consider switching from the current quadrivalent HPV vaccine (Gardasil) to a ‘stronger’ bivalent vaccine (Cervarix).
Vaccine Hoax Uses Cancer Scare Tactics
OpEdNews
By K.L. Carlson
August 18, 2010
According to FDA documents, HPV infections do not lead to cervical cancer. “Most infections by HPV are short-lived and not associated with cervical cancer,” states an FDA news release dated March 31, 2003. According to another FDA document, the Gardasil vaccine has been found to increase the risk of developing precancerous lesions by more than 44 percent in young women already infected with the HP virus strains used in the vaccine.
RTI Act not applicable to HPV vaccine project
The Hindu News
August 9, 2010
Aarti Dhar
Information on the demonstration project and licensing of two vaccines to prevent cervical cancer has been exempted from public disclosure under Section 8 of the Right to Information Act, 2005.
