Cervical Cancer Vaccine Recomendation For Pre-Teen Girls
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The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta Thursday recommended that 11- and 12-year-old girls be routinely vaccinated by Merck`s cervical-cancer vaccine Gardasil against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer. The panel also recommended that doctors could administer the vaccine to girls as young as 9 years of age at the physicians and parents discretion, and for women up to age 26 who have not previously been vaccinated against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV).
But some educators and conservative groups say decisions about the vaccine should be left to parents. “We think this is a matter of parental rights and parental control,” said Peter Sprigg of the conservative Family Research Council. “Parents have the rights to make these decisions for their kids.” Read more of Cervical Cancer Vaccine Recomendation For Pre-Teen Girls
