Vaccinating the nation’s 11- and 12-year-old boys will cost almost $140 million annually, but the one-time catch-up among males 13 to 21 will cost hundreds of millions more. The government generally pays for about half of all vaccinations. Dr. S. Michael Marcy, a clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Southern California and a […]
Can We Have the HPV Vaccine Without the Sexism and the Homophobia?
Ms. Magazine October 27, 2011 by Adina Nack · I respect that some of you are anti-vaccines–or just anti-Gardasil—but I hope that some Ms. readers will join me in cheering what I consider a better-late-than-never decision by the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. It has officially recommendedthat boys and men ages 13-to-21 be vaccinated […]
Class action on cancer vaccine Gardasil
Herald Sun Australia October 31, 2011 A MELBOURNE woman who suffered an auto-immune and neurological attack after being injected with the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil is leading a class action against its manufacturer. Seven other Victorian women who are considering joining the court case against Merck say they have suffered anaphylaxis and physical breakdowns as […]
Despite HPV vax ad bonanza, low awareness and slacker docs dog uptake
Medical Marketing & Media Matthew Arnold October 21, 2011 A little over half of US girls ages 13 to 17 have not gotten even one dose of the HPV vaccine, and among the main reasons are poor awareness and the failure of doctors to recommend vaccination, a study shows. Despite the millions Merck and […]
IDSA: Younger Docs Less Sold on Value of Vaccines
Med Page Today By Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today Published: October 20, 2011 Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco and Dorothy Caputo, MA, RN, BC-ADM, CDE, Nurse Planner BOSTON — The value of childhood vaccination is less apparent to younger doctors than to their older counterparts, a […]
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