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Shocks it’s July and I am working out of the house. I barely made it through June…maybe it is time to get a new computer set? We’ll see…
Anyways, here are a few stuff on cancer I might have missed in the recent days:
‘Designer baby’ to be free from breast cancer?
Men’s cancer vaccine
Accidental fungus leads to […]
GlaxoSmithKline has won a contract with the UK’s NHS to supply its cervical cancer vaccine,
Cervarix.
The battle to supply a vaccine against cervical cancer for use across Britain has been won by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK).
Cervarix, the GSK vaccine, will be given to girls aged between 12 and 13, starting in September this year, and should prevent […]
Speaking of cervical cancer vaccines, there are two notables: Gardasil by Merck which was approved by the FDA earlier this year and Cervarix by GlaxoSmithKline which is expected to be approved by the FDA later this year (but already approved in Australia).
Regarding these HPV vaccines that will protect women against cervical cancer, the CDC recommends […]
A year ago, Merck’s cervical cancer vaccine- Gardasil® - has been approved by the FDA for use across the United States for the prevention of sexually transmitted infections of strains of human papilloma virus (HPV) linked to most cervical cancers and genital warts and is recommended for young girls and women aged 11 to 26.
Last […]
Once Massachussets Governor Deval Patrick’s new proposal goes through, Merck’s cervical cancer vaccine - Gardasil - will be given free to girls in Massachussets aged 9- 18.
Unlike Texas, this is however NOT mandatory.
Patrick states that the new investments would save lives and reduce future treatment costs.
Read the full report.
Tags: cervical-cancer-vaccine, Gardasil, mandatory-cervical-cancer-vaccine
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As ordered by Texas Governor Rick Perry, all schoolgirls in Texas must be vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) - the ones that cause cervical cancer.
Merck’s cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil is recommended to be administered in girls as young as 11 or 12, before they are likely sexually active.
I wonder how parents would take such a […]
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