The Canberra Times, Australia May 23, 2007 by Danialle Cronin Six Canberra schoolgirls were taken to hospital after they suffered a bad reaction to a vaccine to protect them against cervical cancer, health officials said yesterday. Girls in Sydney and Melbourne had also complained about side-effects including dizziness, fainting, nausea and temporary paralysis after they Continue Reading …
Girls hospitalised after vaccine
May 23, 2007 by Leave a Comment
The Canberra Times, Australia May 23, 2007 by Danialle Cronin Six Canberra schoolgirls were taken to hospital after they suffered a bad reaction to a vaccine to protect them against cervical cancer, health officials said yesterday. Girls in Sydney and Melbourne had also complained about side-effects including dizziness, fainting, nausea and temporary paralysis after they Continue Reading …
Family claims cervical-cancer vaccine caused paralysis
May 17, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Health Department disputes that determination by Jo Rafferty Nevada Appeal News Service May 17, 2007 Fourteen-year-old Jessica Vega went into the emergency room at Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno on Thursday night when she couldn’t move her legs and her arms felt weak. “Her legs are paralyzed, her arms are affected. She is very Continue Reading …
No More Periods
May 17, 2007 by Leave a Comment
Eliminating periods with continuous birth control may sound like a woman’s dream, but is it safe? By Katherine Kam WebMD Feature Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD May 17, 2007 Karen Manser hated her periods. “I just had a horrible time. They made me miserable. Sometimes I would lay curled up like a little ball in Continue Reading …
Gardasil - How Effective Is It?
May 11, 2007 by Leave a Comment
OP ED by Dan Walters - Bee Columnist Sacramento Bee May 11, 2007 Merck & Co. is a very large pharmaceutical company and it’s Democratic Party dogma to attack drug companies for their large profit margins. That’s why it was particularly odd when a very liberal Democratic legislator, Assemblywoman Sally Lieber of Mountain View, introduced Continue Reading …
UCSF doctors warn on wide use of cervical cancer vaccine
May 10, 2007 by Leave a Comment
They urge caution while clinical trials are still under way San Francisco Chronicle May 10, 2007 by Erin Allday Nearly a year after a controversial cervical cancer vaccine won federal approval and hit the market to a whirlwind of interest from doctors and parents, at least two UCSF physicians are warning against widespread use of Continue Reading …
Glaxo Gearing Up To Compete with Merck's Gardasil In US Market
May 9, 2007 by Leave a Comment
The FDA’s approval for the ‘other’ HPV-vaccine, Cervarix is still delayed. GlaxoSmithKline, the world’s second-largest drugmaker, requested a ‘priority’ review, potentially prompting an approval decision and sale of the Cervarix vaccine by the end of 2007, said James Tursi, Glaxo’s director of medical affairs for cervical cancer vaccines, at a medical meeting in San Diego.
