News for December, 2009

Former CDC director to head Merck’s vaccine division, Gardasil

and Co. announced yesterday that Dr. Julie Gerberding, the former director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will head the pharmaceutical giant’s division. Dr. Gerberding served as the CDC director from 2002 to 2009, stepping down when President Barack Obama took office.

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CDC drops Gardasil from list of must-have vaccines for immigants

statue of liberty 100x100 CDC drops Gardasil from list of must have vaccines for immigantsThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently rescinded its controversial and, some argued, discriminatory requirement that all girls and women ages 11 to 26 immigrating to the United States receive at least one injection of Gardasil, ’s (HPV) .

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