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show first aired February 11, 2010
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It’s been almost four years since the FDA approved the HPV vaccine Gardasil. At the time, it was a controversial vaccine, but have the years and millions of vaccinated young women quieted the debate? On this week’s Health Show, we’ll hear from the author of The HPV Vaccine Controversy and get some answers about that controversy...and about the efforts to fight cervical cancer in the US and in the developing world. We’ll also get a report on the dangers of the HPV virus to men.
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THE HPV VACCINE CONTROVERSY - Part 1
In June of 2006, the FDA approved the use of Gardasil...a vaccine against HPV...the virus that causes cervical cancer. Since then over 20 million doses have been given to young women in the US. Here to talk about the vaccine and HPV is Dr. Shobha Krishnan, a family physician and gynecologist at Barnett Health Services at Columbia University, New York. She is the author of the book “The HPV Vaccine Controversy - Sex, Cancer, God and Politics”.
The HPV Vaccine Controversy - Part 2
More of our conversation with Dr. Shoba Krishnan, author of the book “The HPV Vaccine Controversy - Sex, Cancer, God and Politics”.
HPV In Males
We’ve been discussing the human papillomavirus and its consequences to women. But HPV isn’t just a problem for women. Men can also get genital warts, and scientists are increasingly finding links between the virus and a host of other cancers in both genders.
Sarah McCammon had help with this report from Jean Snedegar, Soundprint Media Center, NET Radio, the University of Nebraska, and SEPA at National Institutes of Health.
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