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patgundFDA approves cervical cancer vaccine
"Women for the first time have a vaccine to protect them against cervical cancer.
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved use of the vaccine, Gardasil, for use in girls and women ages 9 to 26. It works by preventing infection by four strains of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, the most prevalent sexually transmitted disease.
This cancer kills 3,700 women each year in the United States and hundreds of thousands more worldwide."
I hope now it gets approved for use in males as well to help block that source of transmission as well.
"Women for the first time have a vaccine to protect them against cervical cancer.
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved use of the vaccine, Gardasil, for use in girls and women ages 9 to 26. It works by preventing infection by four strains of the human papillomavirus, or HPV, the most prevalent sexually transmitted disease.
This cancer kills 3,700 women each year in the United States and hundreds of thousands more worldwide."
I hope now it gets approved for use in males as well to help block that source of transmission as well.
