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down with hpv

The FDA approved the HPV vaccine Gardasil today. HPV, the human papilloma virus, is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the U.S.

HPV can cause cervical cancer and genital warts; the four HPV strains the vaccine protects against are responsible for 70% of all cases of cervical cancer and 90% of genital warts. Some 80% of women will develop HPV by age 50. (AP story). There is still no HPV test for men.

One researcher is saying it’s a breakthrough on a part with the “polio vaccine, and antibiotics.”

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