human papillomavirus vaccine

A US government medical panel recommends the human papillomavirus vaccine for boys, as vaccination rates for young women stagnate.

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WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The FDA has approved the human papillomavirus vaccine Gardasil for use in males and females ages 9 to 26 to prevent anal cancer.

(MedPage Today) -- Many girls and young women may not be completing all three doses of the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine in a timely fashion, researchers reported.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) has advised against the routine use of the human papillomavirus vaccine (Gardasil) in boys and men, but said individual physicians should have the option to recommend the vaccine to male patients.

(University of Illinois at Chicago) A University of Illinois at Chicago study finds girls and young women do not believe the human papillomavirus vaccine protects them against other sexually transmitted infections, nor do they believe they should stop cervical cancer screening.

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- FDA staffers say the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (Gardasil) appears to be as effective in preventing certain strains of HPV in boys as it is in girls.

The agency's vaccine advisory panel will take up the matter Wednesday.

Side effects of the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (Gardasil) are pretty much as expected, with an apparent excess of fainting and blood clots, the CDC and FDA said.

The following will appear in the Aug 1 issue of The Lancet:

Low vaccination rates Data from the 2008 US National Health Interview Survey show that only 66% of adults aged 65 years and older received an influenza vaccination during 2006-07, and only 60% had ever received a pneumococcal vaccine, despite objectives of 90% for both.

Only 11% of eligible women had taken up the human papillomavirus vaccine.

NEWARK, N.J. (MedPage Today) -- A possible link between the quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (Gardasil) and Guillain-Barre syndrome remains unresolved following an analysis of government data.