FDA Says Vaccine Blocks Cancer-Causing Virus

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Posted: 9:53 AM Sep 4, 2009 FDA Says Vaccine Blocks Cancer-Causing Virus The agency will ask a panel of vaccine experts next week whether Cervarix should be approved for girls and women ages 10 to 25. Reporter: Associated Press

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The Food and Drug Administration says a vaccine from GlaxoSmithKline successfully blocks the virus that causes most cases of cervical cancer.

In documents posted online, the FDA says Cervarix -- Glaxo's vaccine against human papilloma virus or HPV -- successfully blocked the virus nearly 93 percent of the time. Side effects with the vaccine were mild, such as soreness at the injection site.

Cervarix already is approved in nearly 100 other countries, but has been delayed in the U.S. since 2007 when the FDA said it needed additional data.

The agency will ask a panel of vaccine experts next week whether Cervarix should be approved for girls and women ages 10 to 25.

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Posted by: Anna Location: COS on Sep 4, 2009 at 02:40 PM

My only question is, they might know the short term side effects, i.e., pain or irritation at the injection site; but what about the long term side effects? This was the same question I had about the Gardisil vaccination for HPV. There are NOW confirmed reports of these young ladies having neurologic disorders and some with strokes. I don't have a problem vaccinating my daughters, but I don't think, as with the Gardisil, we know all of the possible repercusions with this vaccine yet. Just seems a little uncertain to me.

Posted by: Jason Location: CS on Sep 4, 2009 at 12:53 PM

Sure, we can wait until the age of consent. I mean, obviously children wait to have sex until then...

Posted by: nunya Location: springs on Sep 4, 2009 at 12:33 PM

how ignorant are you? wouldnt it make since to have the child protected so you wouldnt have to worry about it when it too late? Your cant control every decision you child is going to make good or bad, and it makes more since to have them protected just in case than not at all. you are obviously not a parent or in the medical field. it has nothing to do with promoting sexual activity. it is clear you are naive and ignorant and if you do have childre you must think they are perfect angels and not capable of anything, people like you are what is wrong with this country today, you would think a parent would care about protecting there child in any case that they could.

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