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Immigrant seekers won't have to get HPV vaccine
(World health - EU Monitor 17/11/2009)
DALLAS (AP) - Immigrant girls and women will no longer have to be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus to get their permanent U.S. residency permits. Starting Dec. 14, the HPV, or human papillomavirus vaccine will no longer be on the list of immunizations female immigrants ages 11 to 26 must receive before becoming legal permanent residents. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made the change on Friday.
HPV jab girls are 'sex cautious'
(BBC 27/10/2009)
Eight in 10 girls say that having the HPV jab makes them think twice about the risks of having sex, a poll finds. The findings may go some way to dispel concerns that the cervical cancer vaccine could make girls more likely to start having sex younger, say experts. But 14% of the 500 girls surveyed and who had been offered the vaccine said they might take more sexual risks because of it. The findings are published in the British Journal of Cancer.
Giving Gardasil to boys not cost effective - study
(World health - EU Monitor 09/10/2009)
Vaccinating boys against the virus that causes cervical cancer and genital warts does not appear to be cost-effective, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. Assuming all girls get the shot, adding boys to a national vaccination program may not be worth the expense, they said. The U.S. FDA is weighing whether to approve Gardasil -- Merck & Co's vaccine against human papillomavirus -- for use in males ages 9 to 26 to protect them from genital warts and prevent them from spreading the virus.
Cancer jab girl 'died of tumour'
(The Scotsman 02/10/2009)
TEENAGER Natalie Morton died from a malignant tumour in her chest and not from a reaction to the cervical cancer jab. Deputy coroner for Coventry Louise Hunt told Natalie's parents the current indication was that the vaccine was not a contributing factor in her death. Opening and adjourning the inquest at Coventry Magistrates' Court, she said: "It appears that Natalie died from a tumour in her chest involving her heart and her lungs."
One in ten girls missing out on jab against cervical cancer
(The Scotsman 02/10/2009)
MORE than 1,200 girls have missed out on a vaccine offering protection against cervical cancer after a major health campaign in the Lothians. The HPV vaccine - which safeguards against the HPV virus that causes 70 per cent of all cervical cancer cases - was offered to more than 10,000 schoolgirls and school-leavers, but more than one in ten either failed to take up the offer in the first pace or did not complete the three-jag course.
Cancer jab girl 'had health problem'
(World health - EU Monitor 30/09/2009)
The girl who died on Tuesday after a cervical cancer vaccine had a "serious underlying medical condition", it emerged yesterday. Dr Caron Grainger, joint director of public health for NHS Coventry said in a statement: "Preliminary post-mortem results have revealed a serious underlying medical condition which was likely to have caused death. We are awaiting further test results... However indications are that it was most unlikely that the HPV vaccination was the cause of death."
Cancer jab batch is withdrawn after death of girl, 14
(The Scotsman 30/09/2009)
THE Scottish Government has withdrawn cervical cancer vaccines belonging to the same batch given to a 14-year-old girl who died. Natalie Morton died in hospital on Monday shortly after receiving the HPV1 Cervarix jab at Blue Coat Church of England School in Coventry. However, last night the director of public health in Coventry revealed that Natalie had a "serious underlying medical condition" and the vaccination was "most unlikely" to have caused her death.
Q and A: The risks, the uptake and the lives saved in fight to beat killer disease
(The Scotsman 30/09/2009)
There have been 4,657 suspected reactions to Cervarix from more than 1.4 million doses, according to experts. The Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency has said it received 2,137 reports between 14 April 2008 and 23 September this year. Experts say a small number of severe allergic reactions are inevitable, and do not indicate the vaccine is unsafe. In the UK, the risk of severe, life-threatening reactions after immunisation has been estimated at about one per million vaccine doses.
Cervical cancer vaccine 'safe' despite girl death
(The Scotsman 30/09/2009)
HEALTH chiefs were insisting today that a cervical cancer vaccine was safe after a 14-year-old who died shortly after being given the jab was found to have had an underlying medical condition. However, the preliminary post-mortem examination findings on Natalie Morton did not rule out the possibility of a link between her death and the injection.
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