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    Blueberry26: I worry that with this vaccine it will lead to the need for regular pap smears getting even less attention than it already does. By getting a pap smea... more »
    HoseaCretan: I am going through painful procedures for precancerous cells due to HPV, and let me tell you, if I or my partner had been able to have been vaccinated... more »
    Pantra: My gynecologist was very anti-vaccine for boys "because there's no point" and women over the age of 30 "because after 30, almost everyone's monogamous... more »
    likepenguins: Absolutely it should be approved. I was not likely to get mumps, but I got a vaccination for it, because I could have been a carrier and given it to ... more »
    colormeroutine: Absolutely gardasil needs to be given to boys. Haven't they been testing men for HPV in other countries for years? I never understood why we don't rou... more »
    BeckySharper: I am 100% for Gardasil being given to boys. They get HPV too, and although it's much less likely to cause health problems for them, the whole purpose... more »
    wordinedgewise: I'm just waiting for the moms of some of the boys to start saying "Oh I'm not going to get Johnny vaccinated, he's only 12 but I'm sure he'll never sl... more »
    Yamunation: People will always be closed-minded fanatics against anything that helps women. So I guess we should just stop researching a cure for AIDS, and all ot... more »
    Quecchua (Subversive Unschooling Witch in Toronto): I am so very suspicious about vaccines...It is such a billion dollar industry. If there wasn't so much to gain from injecting dead viruses into mine o... more »
    lalaland13: I can't even figure out if I want this vaccine or not. I think I'm on the upper end of the recommended age range, but it's expensive and I just don't ... more »
    Maritsa: If they can show that this is safe, I would absolutely have my son vaccinated even if there was no benefit to him. Because he's uncircumcised he does ... more »
    elephante: I don't have the energy to say everything I want to (and have already said) here. But HPV doesn't cause "sores." Not a cool tag. more »
    agnesohmygod: I'd hate to think that if a vaccine were available for HIV, also transmittable by sex, we'd hear this same ridiculousness. Jeez. more »
    Flackette Goes Retro: My gyno said she would be having all 3 of her daughters vaccinated before they reached adolescence. That's enough approval for me, if doctors are givi... more »
    Eric Northman is mine: I can just imagine being a doctor trying to reason with one of these morons. me: so you're saying you don't want to vaccinate your son/daugther becaus... more »
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    FDA Panel To Make Recommendations On Two HPV Vaccines

    On September 9, a Food & Drug Administration advisory committee will consider whether Gardasil should be approved for boys and if Cervarix, another HPV vaccine approved for women in developing countries, should be sold in the U.S. [Business Week]
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    Now That HPV Vaccine Is Available For Boys, Debate Turns to Health Benefits, Not Sex

    The makers of Gardasil are trying to get the HPV vaccine approved for boys, which is why now people are questioning the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine, rather than if it makes girls slutty. More »
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    Israelis Use DNA To Catch Puppy Poopers • Gardasil Vaccine May Be Mandatory For Immigrants

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    Sticky Situations

    Two girls have died after being injected with Gardasil, the drug intended to protect against HPV and cervical cancer. The causes of the deaths, which occurred in Germany and Austria, are unknown and not necessarily connected to the vaccine, but the European Medicines Agency monitors those injected. Nicholas Kitchin, medical director of the drug company responsible for Gardasil, said 13 million doses have been administered worldwide and the vaccine has a good safety profile. "The authorities in Germany and Austria have looked pretty extensively at these two deaths and have not seen anything that makes them believe a causal relationship," he stated. [Telegraph, Daily Mail]