Boys also should get HPV shots, medical experts say
Some medical experts are calling for boys, in addition to girls, to be routinely vaccinated against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus. Although men can't get the cervical cancer that can result from HPV, they can get HPV and pass it on to their partners
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CDC issues ACIP recommendations for the use of HPV vaccine
These recommendations represent the first statement by the
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on the use
of a quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine licensed by
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on June 8, 2006. This
report summarizes the epidemiology of HPV and associated
diseases, describes the licensed HPV vaccine, and provides
recommendations for its use for vaccination among females aged
9-26 years in the United States. March 2007.
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Hepatitis B Vaccination Among High-Risk Adolescents and Adults B San Diego, California 1998-2001.
MMWR 2002;51(28):618-621.
No Autism-Vaccine Link, Researchers Re-Confirm
As the mercury-containing preservative thimerosal was removed from vaccines, and as fewer children received the mumps-measles-rubella vaccine, the rates of autism and related disorders rose among Canadian school children.
Focus Group on Immigration and Immunization
In July of 2005, MCN conducted a focus group with migrant women in a new receiving community on the Eastern Shore of Maryland to help understand their experiences regarding immunization.
The focus group was held at the one of the participant’s home, an established immigrant household. The town house apartment located in a growing immigrant neighborhood offered a comfortable, safe and trusting environment for the group’s participants.
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Interviews: State programs addressing immunization needs
The following report summarizes research conducted by the Migrant Clinicians Network (MCN) in the summer of 2008. The report is an effort to identify state programs that address the immunization needs of adults and migrant and seasonal farmworkers across the country.
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