Posted by Leslie Carol Botha
The Washington Post
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Should you expose your young daughter to potential risks from a vaccine that protects against cervical cancer, a disease that she may get 20 to 40 years from now?
That’s a question millions of parents face as television ads push for girls to receive Gardasil, a vaccine that prevents infection from four types of human papillomavirus (HPV), the most common sexually transmitted virus in the United States. Those four types cause most cases of cervical cancer and genital warts.
By Leslie Carol Botha
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Also posted in Cervarix, Cervical Cancer, Gardasil, Genital Warts, Global Gardasil Concerns, HPV, Human Papillomavirus, Mothers & Daughters, Teens, Vaccinations, Women's Health, Women's Politics
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Posted by Leslie Carol Botha
THE XAVIER HERALD
By Ariel Johnson
Published: Friday, February 26, 2010
Updated: Friday, February 26, 2010
In New Orleans, HIV/AIDS statistics are increasing at alarming rates in the Black community, especially among women. In 2007, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported that Black women between 18-24 are contracting HIV/AIDS in greater numbers than any other demographic in New Orleans.
February 23, 2010 – 7:26 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha
The Lancet
The Lancet, Volume 375, Issue 9715, Pages 639 – 640, 20 February 2010
Eric J Suba aEmail Address, Stephen S Raab b, on behalf of the Viet/American Cervical Cancer Prevention Project
As noted by Gary Clifford (Dec 12, p 1948),1 the greatest source of uncertainty about the potential effectiveness of human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines remains the duration of the immune response. However, even if the most optimistic scenario of HPV vaccine effectiveness is realised, the introduction of HPV vaccines to populations not yet fully covered by screening services may compete with limited budgets for the build-out of screening services and thereby decelerate global reductions in deaths from cervical cancer by creating populations of women who will not be protected by either screening or vaccination.
By Leslie Carol Botha
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February 23, 2010 – 6:05 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha
Examiner.com
February 22, 1:19 PMLong Island Parenting Examiner
Patty McEntee Knap
With little publicity, efforts are underway to push through legislation which would require mandatory Gardasil/HPV vaccinations throughout NY State without parental notification.
Ironically, those working for passage of the highly controversial legislation do so just as there is growing awareness and outrage over the tragic consequences of the vaccine to teen and pre-teen girls throughout the U.S., as well as overseas.
February 23, 2010 – 5:40 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha
Toronto Sun
February 23, 2010
An HPV vaccine that protects women from most varieties of genital warts and cervical cancer, has been approved for use by boys and men in Canada.
The vaccine, Gardasil, has been approved for boys and men ages nine through 26, the same age range as its approval in girls and women. In 2007, the federal government announced $300 million in funding to deliver in-school vaccination clinics.
February 18, 2010 – 7:17 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha
Support Value of Human Papillomavirus Genotyping
PR News
MONTE CARLO, Monaco, Feb. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/
…Persistent infection with HPV is the principal cause of cervical cancer in women, with HPV implicated in greater than 99 percent of cervical cancers worldwide. Cervical cancer is a global public health problem, accounting for 10 percent of all cancers in women. While the Papanicolaou cytology smear (Pap smear) has reduced deaths from cervical cancer by 70 percent in developed countries, the Pap smear has demonstrated limited ability to detect cervical cancer and its pre-cancer lesions based on a single test result.
February 17, 2010 – 7:53 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha
The Miami Herald
National Business
By LINDA A. JOHNSON
AP Business Writer
TRENTON, N.J. — The Gardasil vaccine protected most ( how many is most??) young women from cervical cancer and homosexual men from anal cancer, according to new studies released Wednesday by its maker, Merck & Co. Studies were conducted by Merck.
Comment from Leslie -the vaccine has only been on the market for 3 years so how can Merck say ANYONE has been protected from cervical cancer? NVIC lists 272 cases of abnormal pap tests post vaccination.
February 16, 2010 – 8:42 am
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha
Star Exponent
Culpeper, VA
Melinda Weninger, Bismarck, N.D.
Published: February 16, 2010
Updated: February 16, 2010
Thank you so much for the story about Gardasil vaccination (“Local couple questions Gardasil’s safety,” Feb. 7). My daughter Jessica had the vaccination shortly after it was introduced in 2006.
She has been sick ever since. That is over three years later, and she is still suffering adverse side effects.
By Leslie Carol Botha
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February 13, 2010 – 1:21 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha
That would allow minors to get vaccines without your consent
Autism Action Network
February 12, 2010
Good work New Yorkers. The outpouring of telephone calls, emails, faxes and office visits from you convinced the New York Senate Codes Committee not to vote on Senate Bill 4779 which would allow minors to get vaccines for sexually-transmitted diseases without a parent’s knowledge or consent.
February 7, 2010 – 1:21 pm
Posted by Leslie Carol Botha
Lets_Talk_about_Gardasil@yahoogroups.com
February 7, 2010
THE NEW YORK STATE SENATE WILL VOTE ON A BILL THAT WOULD ALLOW STD SHOTS (Hep-B and GARDASIL) TO BE GIVEN TO MINORS WITHOUT THE CONSENT OR KNOWLEDGE OF MOM AND DAD
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