Sunday Sign of Hope 6/11/06
Cervical cancer vaccine wins US approval
From India Times:
WASHINGTON: The first vaccine to prevent cervical cancer won U.S. approval on Thursday, a step welcomed as a major advance against a disease that kills about 300,000 women worldwide each year.
U.S. officials cleared the new Merck & Co. Inc. women ages 9 to 26. It blocks certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV), a common sexually transmitted virus that causes genital warts and most cases of cervical cancer.
From India Times:
WASHINGTON: The first vaccine to prevent cervical cancer won U.S. approval on Thursday, a step welcomed as a major advance against a disease that kills about 300,000 women worldwide each year.
U.S. officials cleared the new Merck & Co. Inc. women ages 9 to 26. It blocks certain types of human papillomavirus (HPV), a common sexually transmitted virus that causes genital warts and most cases of cervical cancer.
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