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After a heated debate last night, the Harvard Speech and Parliamentary Debate Society came out against making the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination mandatory. [CORRECTION APPENDED...
Since the vaccine was approved in August, the Seneca and 13 other women’s groups have founded the Harvard HPV Vaccine Awareness Campaign to encourage undergraduates to get the immunization and to pressure University Health Services to offer it for free...
...heard right. In their approaches to distributing the new human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, Massachusetts has taken a laissez-faire approach while Texas has taken on the mantle of the nanny state. While both states have demonstrated an admirable commitment to the health of young women in supporting the vaccine, Gov. Deval L. Patrick ’78 has rightly decided to let people make their own health decisions. Fifty percent of sexually active adults are affected by HPV, making it the most common disease transmitted through sexual contact. In women, HPV can develop without warning into cervical cancer, a disease...
Massachusetts governor Deval L. Patrick ’78 announced last night that his proposed 2008 fiscal budget will provide the option of free human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations for girls aged 9 to 18, as part of a $72 million increase in state public health funding. The vaccine, known as Gardasil, helps to prevent the spread of the HPV virus, which infects about 6.2 million people in the U.S. each year. The virus is transmitted through genital contact and can lead to cervical cancer and genital warts, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Although the proposed vaccination...
...American Cancer Society and other agencies say preventing HPV can greatly eliminate the chance of developing cervical cancer. The Kentucky legislation, similar to the proposals in other states, would require girls who are middle-schoolers at public or private schools - including home-schooled children - to be vaccinated within two weeks of the start of the school year. The treatment typically requires three shots, and is administered over about a six-month period...