Beasley, Allen, Crow, Methvin, Portis & Miles, P.C.

Despite outcry from parents of girls who have received the HPV vaccine Gardasil, and criticism about the vaccine’s effectiveness from one of its own creators, this month the American Academy of Pediatrics endorsed its use for boys. This follows a similar recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Critics of the vaccine, which has been linked to thousands of complaints of serious adverse side effects, are left to wonder why their voices are not being heard.

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Missiouri Governor Jay Nixon recently signed House Bill 1375, which will provide funding for educational materials about human papillomavirus (HPV) and its connection to cervical cancer to young women and their parents. According to information about the bill on the official website for the governor’s office, the legislation requires the development of a brochure regarding HPV that will promote immunization for girls and boys. Currently, Gardasil, manufactured by Merck & Co., is the vaccine administered in the U.S. for the prevention of HPVs linked to cervical cancer.

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When asked if she believed the Gardasil vaccine presented more risks to girls and women than the possibility of cervical cancer, Dr. Diane Harper, the lead researcher in human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine development told journalist Marcia Yerman that Gardasil has little to no benefit for women who receive Pap screening.

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Dr. Diane Harper, the lead researcher in human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine development, astonished her peers at the 4th International Public Conference on Vaccination last month when she spoke out against Merck’s Gardasil vaccination, rather than promote it as she was expected to do.

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