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Thread #98749   Message #1962257
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
09-Feb-07 - 10:16 AM
Thread Name: BS: Texas Requires Cancer Vaccine for Girls
Subject: RE: BS: Texas Requires Cancer Vaccine for Girls
This link goes to the January 16, 2007 Think talkshow, a daily public affairs discussion on KERA-FM in Dallas. The guest was Dr. Dawn Johnson of the U.T. Southwestern Medical Center.

Description
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HPV - the Human papillomavirus - currently infects approximately 20 million adults in the United States. HPV, a sexually-transmitted disease, has also been related to cervical cancer. The FDA has licensed a vaccine for use in girls/women between the ages of 9-26. We'll discuss the vaccine and the challenge it poses for parents and doctors this hour with Dr. Dawn Johnson of U.T. Southwestern Medical Center.

I thought this went to a recorded version of the program, but I can't find that link. Maybe it will turn up elsewhere on the site, but I'll send this for now. Also, here is the link to the Center for Disease Control page about the HPV.

SRS