By Catholic News Service SAN FRANCISCO — California’s Catholic bishops have urged Catholics in their state to contact lawmakers and ask them to vote against a bill removing parental rights to a teen vaccination against sexually transmitted diseases. The bill, which already passed in the state Assembly and is currently before the state Senate, would […]
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Bishops ask Californians to contact lawmakers against removing parental rights on STD vaccine
The California bishops’ conference is urging Californians to contact their legislators to oppose a bill before the state Senate that would remove the requirement of parental consent for vaccinating children 12 and older against sexually transmitted disease. The bill would allow children to consent to treatment with the controversial Gardasil vaccine intended to prevent HPV […]
Flacking for Big Pharma
By Harriet Washington Drugmakers don’t just compromise doctors; they also undermine top medical journals and skew medical research. “Drug Makers Cut Out Goodies for Doctors” and “Drugmakers Pulling Plug on Free Pens, Mugs & Pads” read headlines in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal Health Blog at the end of 2008 after, […]
Approaches to monitoring biological outcomes for HPV vaccination: challenges of early adopter countries
Wong CA, Saraiya M, Hariri S, Eckert L, Howlett RI, Markowitz LE, Brotherton JM, Sinka K, Martinez-Montañez OG, Kjaer SK, Dunne EF. Source: Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA, USA. Abstract In this review, we describe plans to monitor the impact of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine on […]
Should we be rethinking the HPV vaccination strategy?
SciBlogs Infectious Thoughts Siouxsie Wiles Jun 22 A study just published in the Lancet suggests that Australia’s cervical cancer vaccination programme is already showing signs of success, with a decrease in the number of high-grade cervical abnormalities in vaccinated girls under 18. To quickly recap, the human papilloma virus (HPV) is a sexually transmitted infection […]
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