By: Hannah Hynes-Petty 28 October 2010 Ask and you shall receive. The Health Clinic received a shipment of the vaccine for Human Pappillomavirus (HPV) earlier this month after Gail Hacker, a doctor at the facility, enrolled in a program to receive the medicine. Shots of Gardasil cost $10 each and will require a series of […]
To Vaccinate Your Teenager, or Not?
Posted by: Alice Shabecoff, Care2.com 14 September 2010 As soon as a teenage girl walks into her pediatrician’s office, he will suggest another vaccination, to be delivered through a series of shots spaced out over six months. This time the vaccine is Gardasil, intended to protect her from being infected by the human papilloma virus, […]
NCI on Cervical Cancer Prevention and HPV vaccines: What’s a Woman to do?
By: Norma Erickson 31 August 2010 The following is a direct quote from a recently revised copy of “Cervical Cancer Prevention, Health Professional Version,” published by the National Cancer Institute (NCI): “The finding of HPV viral DNA integrated in most cellular genomes of cervical carcinomas supports epidemiologic data linking this agent to cervical cancer however, […]
Irish Mothers Unite to Stop the Assault on Their Children
By: Norma Erickson The peaceful Irish countryside has been disturbed by what many Irish mothers consider an assault on their children – the introduction of Gardasil. When it comes to the health and safety of their children, Irish mothers set aside all political differences. That is just what is happening all across the country […]
An Interview with Dr. Diane M. Harper, HPV Expert
By: Marcia G. Yerman 28 December 2009 Throughout my examination of the Gardasil vaccine, there has been a steady flow of information, disinformation, and new developments. In my opening article, I wrote about the mandatory ruling in July of 2008 by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that would require all female green card […]
