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NEWS ABOUT: HPV

HPV stories: 18 news summaries

 'Most Unlikely' 
 HPV Shot 
 Killed 
 UK Teen 

Health officials cite 'serious underlying condition,' though girl's school disputes it

Sep 29, 09 9:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - The British teen who died after being vaccinated against human papillomavirus had “a serious underlying medical condition,” health officials said today, and it is “most unlikely” that the shot, intended to prevent cervical cancer, killed 14-year-old Natalie Morton. An official at Morton’s school is skeptical. “... More »

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HPV • cervical cancer • United Kingdom • vaccine • human papilloma virus • Natalie Morton • medical condition

 UK Teen Dies 
 After HPV Vaccination 

14-year-old has 'rare but extreme reaction'; batch quarantined after others report trouble

Sep 28, 09 8:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - A 14-year-old British girl died yesterday after receiving the vaccine against human papillomavirus, and the National Health Service has quarantined the batch after three other girls reported unpleasant side effects. Her school is telling parents the girl had a “rare but extreme reaction” to the shot, which is commonly... More »

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HPV • cervical cancer • United Kingdom • vaccination • National Health Service • human papilloma virus • teen girls

Cervical Cancer Vaccine Linked to 32 Deaths

Teen-targeted Gardasil also tied to blood clots, fainting in gov't study

Aug 19, 09 12:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gardasil, the cervical cancer vaccine marketed to teen girls, has been linked to 32 deaths and other serious side effects including fainting and blood clots, according to a government report released yesterday. Since 2006, several complications of the vaccine have been reported, ABC News reports, ranging from neurological disorders to... More »

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Merck • HPV • cervical cancer • Gardasil • blood clots • vaccine • side effects • women's issues

 Teen Pregnancies,  
 STDs Increase: CDC 

Figures raise concerns after positive trends

Jul 20, 09 1:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - After declining in 1991-2005, the US teen birth rate climbed in 2006 and 2007, HealthDay News reports. Crunching numbers from 2002-07, the Centers for Disease Control found a number of trends had flatlined or worsened after a period of improvement.
  • 2004 saw 745,000 pregnancies among females under 20,
... More »

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AIDS • HPV • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • HIV • syphilis • STD • chlamydia • gonorrhea • teen pregnancy • sexual assault • adolescents • teenager • sexually transmitted diseases

Push to Use HPV Vaccine on Boys Stirs Debate

Is pricey STD prevention necessary?

Mar 26, 09 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Merck is pushing the FDA to approve its HPV vaccine for men, and that’s raising a whole new set of controversies, the Washington Post reports. When the human papillomavirus vaccine was originally marketed for girls, many questioned whether or not it would encourage young girls to have sex.... More »

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women's health • Merck • HPV • vaccine

Swedes Launch Nobel Prize Bribery Probe

Drug firm accused of influencing this year's pick in medicine

Dec 19, 08 8:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Swedish prosecutors are investigating claims of corruption in the awarding of this year's Nobel Prize in medicine, the Toronto Star reports. German scientist Harald zur Hausen won part of the prize for discovering the link between human papilloma viruses and cervical cancer. The discovery could make a fortune for drug... More »

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HPV • cervical cancer • corruption • Sweden • Nobel Prize • AstraZeneca

STD? Slap Your Ex With Lawsuit

Courts move toward holding people liable for infecting partner — even unknowingly

Oct 16, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - California courts are deciding a civil dispute that could change first-date conversations. A woman is suing her ex-husband for allegedly giving her HIV, though he claims to not have known he was infected at the time, MSNBC writes. The case follows successful wins in Iowa and New York by plaintiffs... More »

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HPV • sex • sexual behavior • STD • relationship • civil lawsuits • HIV/AIDS

3 Virologists
Share Medicine
Nobel Prize

Discoverers of HIV, human papilloma virus win $1.4M award

Oct 6, 08 8:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Nobel Prize for medicine was awarded today to three scientists who discovered two of the world's deadliest sexually transmitted viruses. Half the prize goes to Harald zur Hausen, a German who discovered the human papilloma virus, which causes cervical cancer in women. The other half goes to Françoise... More »

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medicine • HPV • HIV • virus • Nobel Prize • HIV/AIDS

UK Begins Massive HPV Vaccine Campaign

12- and 13-year-old girls first targeted by program that could reach 2M by 2011

Sep 3, 08 4:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - The UK kicked off a campaign to give 12- and 13-year-old girls the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, the Times of London reports. Schools will begin offering the shot, which is not mandatory, this week. The government estimates that it will vaccinate over 2 million girls by 2011. Beside official programs,... More »

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high school • HPV • cervical cancer • vaccine • underage sex • Britain • teenager

HPV Triggers Throat Cancer Rise, Docs Say

Virus that causes cervical cancer may
be spread via oral sex

Jun 9, 08 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Researchers believe the virus behind cervical cancer is also responsible for a rash of throat cancers, the Chicago Tribune reports. With baby boomers mainly falling victim to the disease, experts believe the rise in oral sex since the 1960s and '70s could be behind the small-scale epidemic—which could be... More »

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cancer • HPV • cancer research

HPV Linked With Lung Cancer, But Many Still Fight Vaccine

Conservatives say drug encourages teen sex

Apr 28, 08 3:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The human papillomavirus, or HPV, has been linked to increased risk of lung cancer, but conservatives are standing firm in opposition to the new vaccine. Parents and activists charge that Gardasil encourages promiscuous sex, ABC News reports. "If you give kids the vaccine, you're giving them a license to... More »

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HPV • cervical cancer • Gardasil • lung cancer • sex education

One-Quarter
of Teen Girls Have STDs

Most common infection is HPV, which can cause cervical cancer

Mar 11, 08 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - At least one in four teen girls in the US—that's over three million people—has a sexually transmitted disease, a new CDC study shows. By far the most common infection is the human papillomavirus, which can cause cervical cancer, the AP reports. An STD expert calls the new figures... More »

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HPV • cervical cancer • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • STD • teen health • teenager

HPV Shot Extra Painful, Say Patients

Docs report patients fainting
after stinging injection

Jan 4, 08 3:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Recipients of the new HPV vaccine are reporting that it's more painful than regular vaccines because not only does the needle hurt, but the vaccine itself stings as it's injected. Doctors have reported teenage girls fainting when getting the shot of Gardasil, although that may be in part because teenagers... More »

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HPV • cervical cancer • Gardasil • vaccine • virus • needles • teenager

Pill Use Boosts Cervical Cancer Risk Slightly

Reduced incidence of other cancers offsets increase, say experts

Nov 9, 07 1:26 PM CST
(Newser) - A woman's risk of cervical cancer doubles after 10 years on birth control pills, a new study shows, but the risk begins to return to normal immediately after she stops taking them, the LA Times reports. The new research shows that the increase is both minor and "outweighed by... More »

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HPV • cervical cancer • birth control pill

Study: HPV Test Better Than
Pap Smear

Detects 40% more pre-cancers than traditional exam

Oct 18, 07 5:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Women over 30 might be better off getting an HPV test than a pap smear to fight the battle against cervical cancer, a new study concludes. Researchers found that the HPV test caught 94% of cervical pre-cancers, versus the pap smear's 55% success rate. Worries that the more sensitive HPV... More »

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women's health • HPV • cervical cancer • Pap smear

Tobacco Used in Cancer Vaccine

Scientists who developed HPV vaccine work on a cheaper version—±±

Jul 30, 07 11:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - The same researchers who developed Gardasil—the vaccine that can prevent cervical cancer—have genetically engineered tobacco plants to produce a cheaper version of the vaccine. The new drug, designed for distribution in India and other poor countries, would cost $3 for three doses, as opposed to $360 for Gardasil,... More »

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cancer • cancer vaccine • HPV • cervical cancer • Gardasil • tobacco • vaccine

Conservatives Wield FDA Data on HPV Vaccine

Cite health risks in opposing vaccination
of teenage girls

May 24, 07 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 are probably unrelated to the... More »

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cancer • FDA • health • women's health • cancer vaccine • Merck • HPV • cervical cancer • Gardasil • women • vaccination • vaccine • teen health

Vaccine May
Not Prevent
Cervical Cancer

Mandated for all girls
in some states, HPV vaccine fails to deliver 

Apr 16, 07 8:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pharma behemoth Merck is defending what it touted as a miracle cervical-cancer vaccine against charges of ineffectiveness. Merck lobbied states to mandate Gardasil for young girls—Texas and Virginia did—and got a glowing endorsement from the CDC. But new studies show that it works only to prevent sexually-transmitted HPV,... More »

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cancer • health • cancer vaccine • Merck • HPV • cervical cancer • Gardasil • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • pharmaceutical companies • pharma • vaccine • STD

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