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The state legislature has successfully squashed Governor Rick Perry’s mandate requiring an anti-cancer vaccine for young girls.
“They have had an opportunity to eliminate the leading cause of the second-most common cancer in women,” Perry said. “They chose not to.”
The FDA, despite a positive recommendation from its independent advisory panel, on May 8th indefinitely delayed approval of biologic drug Provenge, an experimental drug that works by mobilizing the body’s natural immune system to fight prostate cancer.
The FDA asked for additional clinical data on Provenge before approving it, Dendreon said in a press release. While […]
Gov. Rick Perry wouldn’t say Wednesday whether he’ll veto a bill the Legislature approved last week that blocks state officials from following his anti-cancer vaccine mandate.
But he stood by his decision to issue the executive order, saying it prompted an international debate and raised awareness of cervical cancer.
“I am quite satisfied that people in this […]
Angela Cheatham - All Headline News Staff Writer
Tallahassee, FL (AHN) - Should girls aged 11 and 12 be required to be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus, the virus that is known to cause cervical cancer in women?
That’s the question that was put to the Florida House Schools and Learning Committee this week.
February 27, 2007 – 9:52 am
BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhuanet) – U.S. Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s mandate that all of the state’s middle-school-aged girls be vaccinated against a virus that causes cervical cancer angered Texas lawmakers who pushed a bill through committee to rescind the executive order, and Friday the unidentified parents of three Texas girls sued […]
February 13, 2007 – 1:43 am
Rome (eCanadaNow) - Italy is set to become the first European country to offer free vaccinations against human papillomavirus (HPV), a sexually transmitted virus responsible for most cases of cervical cancer, to pre-teenage girls.
In a recent statement, the Health Ministry said it expected the free jabs to be made available to the country’s 280,000 12-years-old […]
