Gard yourself with Gardasil
Browsing the Merck website after a conversation with coworkers yesterday about Gardasil-
In response to a reference I made about how states and parents are concerned that the vaccine promotes being sexually promiscuous;
"If you got your kid the Hepatitis C vaccine, are you worried that now they'll start using IV drugs?"
It makes me happy that there's a program to get vaccines to uninsured people already.
http://www.merck.com/merckhelps/vaccines/home.html
Shots covered by this program are:
For reference: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/updates/hpv_faqs.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/STD/HPV/STDFact-HPV-vaccine-hcp.htm
http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/2006/ucm108666.htm
http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/QuestionsaboutVaccines/ucm096052.htm
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/HPV
HPV and Tonsil cancer: http://www.ajc.com/health/content/shared-auto/healthnews/-gen/631793.html
http://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/hpv-genital-warts/news/20070509/hpv-linked-to-throat-cancer
In response to a reference I made about how states and parents are concerned that the vaccine promotes being sexually promiscuous;
"If you got your kid the Hepatitis C vaccine, are you worried that now they'll start using IV drugs?"
It makes me happy that there's a program to get vaccines to uninsured people already.
http://www.merck.com/merckhelps/vaccines/home.html
Shots covered by this program are:
- GARDASIL® [Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16, and 18) Vaccine, Recombinant]
- M-M-R® II (Measles, Mumps, and Rubella Virus Vaccine Live)
- PNEUMOVAX® 23 (Pneumococcal Vaccine Polyvalent)
- RECOMBIVAX HB® [Hepatitis B Vaccine (Recombinant)]
- VAQTA® (Hepatitis A Vaccine, Inactivated)
- VARIVAX® [Varicella Virus Vaccine Live]
- ZOSTAVAX® [Zoster Vaccine Live]
For reference: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccinesafety/updates/hpv_faqs.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/STD/HPV/STDFact-HPV-vaccine-hcp.htm
http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/2006/ucm108666.htm
http://www.fda.gov/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/QuestionsaboutVaccines/ucm096052.htm
http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/HPV
HPV and Tonsil cancer: http://www.ajc.com/health/content/shared-auto/healthnews/-gen/631793.html
http://www.webmd.com/sexual-conditions/hpv-genital-warts/news/20070509/hpv-linked-to-throat-cancer