Merck launched its new cervical cancer vaccine with a major advertising and lobbying blitz, and pushed to make the drug mandatory for all 11- to 12- year-old girls. Cervical cancer, caused by the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV), affects 10,000 women in the United States every [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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My daughters will both be vaccinated. I only wish that insurance would pay the $$$s instead of me.
Hey, YOU pay, don’t palm that off on the rest of us.
You’ve reproduced yourself ? This should be a crime. How many Lone Wolfs has the Jukes family produced ?
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