Emotions overflow at public forum about Gardasil, as vaccine ‘victims’ speak out
What was designed to be a public health information forum about the HPV vaccine turned into an emotional scene as self-described “victims” of the vaccine spoke out about serious side effects linked to the drug. Perhaps the most well known of these vaccines, which are promoted as protection against the human papillomavirus (HPV), is Gardasil, manufactured by Merck. HPV, which is transmitted sexually, is linked to the development of cervical cancer and, more recently, cancers of the throat and anus.