HPV Vaccine gets FDA approval

[yesthattom]

“Did you hear the HPV vaccine got approved? Someone told the administration it ‘protects Bush’.”

(That’s my first original joke in ages, so I’m posting it to my LJ twice.)

(here’s real news)

Comments

[tamidon.livejournal.com]

I plan on marching Alyssa's ass into the drs' office the day it's beginning distribution. What I don't get is whether it's effective on women over 26 who have tested negative for HPV.

[rainbear.livejournal.com]

Took them freaking long enough :(

thanks for the news

[supremediva27.livejournal.com]

it says it's good to protect those who have not yet been exposed, and not for certain those who already have hpv. so, there is still a large group of women that may die from cervical cancer. what about the men, i wonder? i've heard most men don't even know they are carriers. do they have any kind of risk involved with having hpv?

Re: thanks for the news

[kimuchi.livejournal.com]

Whether or not there's risk to them of more serious problems, it'd be cool if they could be protected from infection. Too bad this vaccine wasn't tested on them as well.