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Conservatives Wield FDA Data on HPV Vaccine

Cite health risks in opposing vaccination of teenage girls

By Sam Gale Rosen, Newser Staff

Posted May 24, 2007 3:31 PM CDT

(Newser) – A group of religious conservatives has marshalled unreleased FDA data as a weapon in the battle against Gardasil, the new cervical cancer vaccine. The data indicates health problems in women taking the vaccine, but drugmaker Merck and the FDA both insist that the negative effects... Read full story »

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Conservatives Wield FDA Data on HPV Vaccine

Cite health risks in opposing vaccination of teenage girls

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