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 […]
HPV Screening Cuts Cervical Cancer Risk in HIV-Positive Women
Published in AIDSMEDS 13 October 2010 A simple DNA screening test for human papillomavirus (HPV) followed by treatment reduced the risk of developing precancerous lesions of the cervix by 80 percent in HIV-positive women over three years, according to a study published in the October 23 issue of AIDS. This method could dramatically expand early […]
Flu, HPV, norovirus vaccines to be tested here
By: Patti Singer, Staff Writer 04 October 2010 If engineers strive to make a better mousetrap, scientists seek more effective vaccines. Over the next few months, three of their latest efforts will be tested in Rochester. The University of Rochester Medical Center is recruiting volunteers to test the first licensed vaccine against norovirus, commonly called […]
Gardasil Anal Cancer Indication to Face FDA Advisory Committee Scrutiny
By: S. Sutter 27 September 2010 Merck’s bid to further expand the label for its human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil – this time for the prevention of anal cancer and anal dysplasia – will face FDA advisory committee scrutiny in November. The Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee will meet on Nov. 17 to discuss […]
Know What You Put in Your Body
By: Cindel Pena 24 September 2010 Whether it is your school nurse, doctor or word of mouth from a friend, women are rushing to the doctor in the hundreds of thousands to receive the HPV vaccination. Little do these women know that the vaccine they are about to put into their bodies is still in […]
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