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AAP Announces New Immunization Guidelines for Kids, Teens

by Honey Berk, Posted Feb 1st 2011 12:01AM

This year's immunization guidelines cover a range of conditions such as influenza, pertussis and genital warts. Credit: Justin Sullivan, Getty Images Today, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released the recommended childhood ...Among the new guidelines is a recommendation that adolescents get a booster dose of meningococcal vaccine.
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HPV Shot: Leave Boys (Warts and All) Unvaccinated, Experts Say

by Tom Henderson, Posted Nov 1st 2010 2:30PM

Is the HPV shot worthwhile for boys? Credit: Getty Images
Warts schmarts. Do teenage boys really want -- or need -- a vaccine against a sexually transmitted disease that causes unsightly, uh, blemishes? Of course, human papillomavirus (HPV) ...What's few warts? Experts question whether it's worth time and trouble to vaccinate boys against STD.
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HPV Vaccine may have unpleasant side effects

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Aug 7th 2008 9:59AM

When Gardasil, the relatively new vaccine for the human papillomavirus, was announced, a lot of people worried that the effect of inoculating teenage girls against a sexually transmitted disease would be rampant sexual activity and that eliminating ...
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HPV found in breastmilk

by Jennifer Jordan, Posted Jul 9th 2008 11:00AM

Well, if HPV, which is linked to cervical cancer, wasn't scary enough, now there is new evidence it can be detected in breastmilk and possibly passed on to a nursing infant. HPV-16, full name Human papillomavirus type 16, can be traced back to a ...
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Study: One in four teen girls has an STD

by Sandy Maple, Posted Mar 12th 2008 12:33PM

In a first-of-its-kind study, researchers have determined that one out of every four teenage girls has a sexually transmitted disease (STD). This number was based on an analysis of a 2003-2004 government health study involving a nationally ...
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Would cancer vaccine lead to free love?

by Roger Sinasohn, Posted Mar 15th 2007 1:57PM

A number of states are considering making the new HPV vaccine mandatory for pre-teen girls. California is one of them. Yesterday, however, the lawmaker that proposed the bill, Assemblyman Ed Hernandez, D-Baldwin Park (Los Angeles County), pulled it ...
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New study says women only need Pap test every three years

by Nadine Silverthorne, Posted Nov 5th 2006 8:00PM

Contrary to what my OB might think, seeing the oven mitts on the stirrups in her office does not give me the warm fuzzies. In the past, she used the renewal of my birth control prescription to get me to come in for my annual Pap smear. Now that I'm ...
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Parents having a hard time finding HPV vaccines

by Heather Craven, Posted Sep 3rd 2006 2:00PM

Many parents who are hoping to get the much anticipated and newly approved vaccine that helps to prevent cervical cancer are experiencing frustration in either locating the drug or getting their insurance companies to pay for it. The vaccine, which ...
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