Wash Post columnist plays race card with HPV vaccine, drops the deck
Courtland Milloy, a columnist for the Washington Post who covers local D.C. issues, penned a particularly ill-informed column in today’s paper about the new HPV vaccine.In effect, he criticizes public...
View ArticleUgly Assumptions About HPV Vaccines
This column is quite possibly the stupidest thing I have ever read in the Washington Post, and the Washington Post regularly publishes columns by Robert Novak. Think about that for a moment.The...
View ArticleProtecting our Daughters
There was an alarming piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer today. Apparently there may be problems with reimbursement for physicians giving the new Cervical Cancer vaccine. For those who have been...
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Update: BREAKING (really): Texas Orders All Girls To Get HPV Vaccine *w/...
Original post at TexasKaos.comWow! Texas just became the first state to order all its school-aged girls to get the controversial HPV vaccine. Human papillomavirus, or HPV, is a common cause of STDs and...
View ArticleAt Your Cervix, Sir
I write to clear up a misconception about the HPV vaccine. It protects against 4 strains of HPV, only 2 of which (16 & 18) are cancer related. It DOES work in males, clearly not to protect them...
View ArticleUpdated: Hard Data on HPV Infections In Texas
Cross-posted at TexasKaosThis morning I was watching the Today Show and they had a segment covering the signing of a bill by Rick Perry that mandated HPV Vaccination for all school girls in Texas. The...
View ArticleDoing the Right Thing -- Whatever the Reason
I wish Molly Ivins were around to comment on how something this good could come out of Texas sleaze.
View ArticleIf You're Having Sex, You Deserve To Die.
(Cross-posted at My Left Wing, ePluribus Media and my blog)I have an hour or so to post this diary so forgive me any misspellings in my haste to get this done and posted.I generally watch Countdown...
View ArticleAn HPV primer: What you need to know about HPV and the new vaccine
After reading some of the debate on RenaRF's diary about Paula Zahn's coverage of the HPV vaccine, I felt it could be helpful to post a diary about the actual biology involved in HPV infection and the...
View ArticleCan the Governor of Texas Give 11 Year Old Girls A Vaccine Against HPV Types...
The vaccine, Gardasil, is manufactured by Merck, one of the largest drug companies in the world and a significant contributor to Governor Perry’s political campaigns. Merck is the same company which...
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Sunday Talk - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Inside The Fold: The Full Sunday LineupIn the Comment Section: (Video) Colbert: Give Failure a Chance (Video) Sex Ed. and Professor Stephen Colbert (Video) Worst Persons in the World: Dennis Miller -...
View ArticleMerck to stop lobbying for HPV
Hey there all!! Well I noticed that this had not been diaried yet and felt there should be some follow up on this.OVER THE FLIP !!!
View ArticleVaccinate the boys!!!
Make the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine mandatory for boys and optional for girls. Frankly, I'm hesitant to make the HPV vaccine mandatory for anyone, especially for the first five years of use...
View ArticleVermont Contemplates Requiring HPV Vaccinations For Girls
Merck & Co.'s suspension of a lobbying campaign aimed at getting states to require use of its new cervical cancer vaccine won't stop the push for vaccinations in Vermont, a lawmaker said Wednesday....
View ArticleA Bribe by Any Other Name
Merck & Co., manufacturers of Gardasil, the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, made a big public show this week of calling off their efforts to lobby various state legislatures, saying that their...
View ArticleHPV shot protects against stepping on a horny nail
Texas was the first state to (plan to) require immunization against Human Papilloma Virus. Now, in a flight from reality, it may be the first state to reject such a requirement, before it even goes...
View ArticleRichardson doesn't just talk - he acts (Senators beware)
a compiliation of posts at The Richardson Solutionwriter's note: The Richardson Solution is an advocacy-oriented and policy-cataloging blog that promotes the presidential candidacy of Bill Richardson,...
View ArticleGardasil - HPV Vaccine, Merck & Legislation
Someone tonight was kind enough to offer some of the work being done by Governor Bill Richardson, a candidate I might be influenced to support in the primary (provided he remains in the race and Gore...
View ArticleGod's Great Plan
I think the religious right is about to prove once again that although they do not believe in evolution they still obey its laws. These are not like the law that says you have to stop at stop signs....
View ArticleCancer "cure" or Drug Company Scam - HPV vaccine
All across the country public officials and legislatures are falling over themselves in an attempt to fund a new vaccines for girls as young as 9 to prevent 70% of the HPV viruses that leads to...
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