• A CDC advisory committee has recommended GlaxoSmithKline's HPV vaccine Cervarix, which is similar to Merck's Gardasil vaccine, for use in girls and women. But, some say Cervarix is overpriced because it offers less protection than Gardasil. •

A 12-year-old British girl, Ashleigh Cave, has reportedly become paralyzed from the waist down following a dose of cervical cancer vaccine. Ashleigh's doctors claim that the disease occurs naturally and is not connected to the vaccine, but her mother is skeptical. "At first they tried to tell us she was imagining it…