Posted in ‘The DRUM’ 21 October 2010 NHS Grampian is currently working with STV Creative on a TV campaign to highlight to recent female school leavers that they are still eligible to receive a vaccination against the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV.) The campaign is one of several being created exclusively by regions of NHS Scotland […]
Cervarix License Extended
Posted in MIMS/UK 01 October 2010 The marketing authorisation for Cervarix has been updated to show that it offers broader protection against human papillomavirus (HPV) than first thought. Cervarix was originally indicated to protect against only the two HPV types it contains—16 and 18—which are collectively responsible for around 70 per cent of all cervical […]
Girls who leave school early risk missing out on vital cancer jab
By: Adam Morris, Health Reporter 2 October 2010 HUNDREDS of teenage girls in the Lothians who left school early are missing out on a potentially live-saving jab.While the uptake of the HPV vaccine – which guards against the main causes of cervical cancer – in schools is good, for those who have left at 16 […]
Health Bosses Under Fire Over Jabs: Lack of Publicity About Side-Effects of Cervical Cancer Vaccine Branded 'Unacceptable'
By: Gillian Duncan 27 September 2010 Health chiefs have been accused of failing to properly publicise the side-effects of the cervical cancer vaccine. More than 400 pupils have suffered adverse reactions to the Cervarix jabs since the programme began in Scotland two years ago. About a fifth of the reactions were deemed “serious” – but […]
Is the UK's HPV Vaccination Programme Unethical and/or Unlawful?
By: Charles Foster, Oxford 12 September 2010 A colleague recently emailed me. Her daughter, just turned 12, had come back from school bearing an information leaflet about HPV vaccination with the Glaxo Cervarix vaccine, and a consent form for the parent to sign. The consent form nodded inelegantly to Gillick, asserting that ‘[t]he decision to […]
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