News Tagged ‘U.S. Food and Drug Administration’

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

gerberding 100x100 Former CDC director to head Mercks 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 vaccine division. Dr. Gerberding served as the 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statue of libertyThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently rescinded its controversial and, some argued, discriminatory requirement that all girls and women ages 11 to 26 immigrating to the United States receive at least one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 , ’s human papillomavirus () vaccine.

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Despite risks and expense, FDA approves Gardasil for boys

G vaccinationThe Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which informs the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on vaccine use and policy, declined to advocate for ’s systematic and widespread use in boys and men. The , or , does not present the same risks of cancer in males as it does in females, but it can lead to the development genital warts.

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