Gardasil

HPV that most commonly cause health problems such as HPV cancers and disease. HPV vaccination is important because it prevents cancer. There are three types of HPV vaccines: Cervarix, Gardasil, and Gardasil 9. All three of these vaccines can prevent most cases of cervical cancer in females, but only Gardasil and Gardasil 9 can prevent cases of vaginal and vulvar cancers in women, as well as most cases of anal cancer and genital warts in…

Human Papillomavirus Infection Lexy Crawford Microbiology 2420 Mr. Hudson The Human Papillomavirus Virus is a type of virus that causes cervical cancer through sexual transmission, but there is little evidence that infection can be avoided by behavioral change, such as condom use. Vaccines against HPV infection are likely to have high effects. The effectiveness of HPV vaccination as a strategy for cervical cancer control. Finally, projections of the number of cases of cervical cancer…

fatigue, nausea, and etc. can lead to lead to something serious. When there is an increase in an individual’s rapid heartbeat on different occasions, that is a different story. Also, the cause of Postural Tachycardia Syndrome is, because of the Gardasil vaccine is shocking to read about. A vaccine that is necessary for all girls and women, aged 9-26, can affect (some) females secretly when feeling different than their normal physical state. It is a scary thought in mind when thinking after taken…

controversy. This controversy has once again been rekindled in the recent Republican primary debates between Texas governor Rick Perry and Congresswoman Michele Bachmann from Minnesota, in which Bachmann emphatically stated that Merck's HPV vaccine, Gardasil, causes mental retardation. As a physician, parent, and author of the award-winning book The HPV Vaccine Controversy: Sex, Cancer, God and Politics (Praeger, 2008), I feel compelled to comment on this issue. A report presented by four…

In 2007, Virginia passed a law that girls receive the vaccine against the human papillomavirus before entering the sixth grade. Virginia was the first state in the United States to mandate that girls receive the vaccine against HPV, the most common sexually transmitted diseases (STD) in the U.S. Recently, twenty other states and District of Columbia have laws that require HPV vaccination for school entry, provide funding to cover the costs of the vaccines for the low-income families, or…

cancer (anal, vulvar, vaginal, penile, oropharyngeal). There have been a big awareness campaign on HPV infection and the risk of cervical cancer in the past years. With the discovery of two vaccines (Gardasil in 2006 and Cervarix in 2009), all young women were invited to receive the vaccine and Gardasil is now offered to every girl in Quebec during their fourth grade of primary school. However, HPV infection also affects men. Why don’t we hear more about it?…

David Fishman The HPV vaccine Gardasil was introduced as recently as 2006 with its approval from the Food and Drug Administration also known as the FDA. It was at first given to girls at the ages of about 11 and 13 in a series of three injections. SInce Gardasil has been on the market, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention says "Theres been a 56% decrease in HPV infections among teen girls" (http://www.teenvogue.com/story/gardasil-hpv-vaccine-safety) Today it is offered to…

women and it is estimated that 20 million are infected and an additional 6 million Americans will become infected each year. Initially there was only a two vaccines (Gardasil and Cervarix ) available to protect young women against major strands of the HPV virus, but we have since become more educated about HPV and are now using Gardasil (the same for young women)to protect our young men as well. Although the vaccine is widely available, many parents of young women and men have not taken the…

45-year-old women who had received three doses of the quadrivalent HPV vaccine, Gardasil, within one year, had HPV 6/11/16/18-related genital warts or cervical cancer 6 years after receiving their vaccinations. While the study was limited to the Columbian women, its results still accurately display the positive effects of the HPV vaccine on those who are vaccinated. In the United States, more than 23 million doses of Gardasil were administered through the end of the year 2008. The Vaccine…

Gardasil provides 100% protection for HPV types 6, 11, 16 and 18 and Cervarix only 16 and 18. The vaccines are 100% safe and effective up to 8 years. (Predictions show it’s likely to provide longer protection however vaccines only started 8 years ago.) Gardasil also provides “some” resistance to types 31, 33, 52, 56, 58 and 59 which cause 12% of cervical cancer. It is also the vaccine…