Study reveals gaps in vaccine financing for underinsured children
...dap), hepatitis A, influenza, rotavirus, and human papillomavirus vaccines have led to a 7.5-fold increase in the cost to fully vaccinate a child in the public sector (from $155 in 1995 to $1,170 in 2007), the authors write. Childhood vaccines in the U.S. are financed by a patchwork of public and private sources...International studies show high efficacy for HPV vaccine
...rcent effective against the two types of the human papillomavirus (HPV) responsible for most cases of cervical cancerstrains 16 and 18. Results of an international meta-analysis study of the vaccine are published in the June 1 issue of the journal Lancet. In the current and largest study to date, researchers comb...Papillomavirus vaccine could reduce rate of vulval and vaginal cancers
Administration of a quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has proven effective in preventing high-grade vulval and vaginal lesions that can lead to cancers in those areas, conclude authors of a study published in this week's edition of The Lancet. Professor Jorma Paavonen, Department of Obst...Study shows continued success for new HPV vaccine against virus responsible for cervical cancer
...rcent effective against the two types of the human papillomavirus (HPV) responsible for most cases of cervical cancer. Results of a nationwide study of the vaccine will be published in the May 9 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Cervical cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths in women...HPV infection linked to throat cancers
... Cancer Center have conclusive evidence that human papillomavirus (HPV) causes some throat cancers in both men and women. Reporting in the May 10 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, the researchers found that oral HPV infection is the strongest risk factor for the disease, regardless of tobacco and alcoh...Temple University Hospital investigates treatment for cervical dysplasia
...common sexually transmitted disease known as human papillomavirus (HPV), the immune system can not prevent certain high-risk strains of the virus from causing cervical dysplasia, a common precursor to cervical cancer. "The expected widespread availability of two preventive vaccines may lower the incidence of HPV in...Frazer welcomes Federal Government decision on Gardasil
...ne prevents four of dozens of strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) which cause genital warts and cervical cancer. The vaccine is distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Melbourne-based pharmaceutical manufacturer CSL and distributed worldwide by US drugmaker Merck & Co. Professor Frazer and his late re...Maximizing womens' health benefits when resources are limited
...ded cervical cancer screening by testing for human papillomavirus (an accurate but complex test), treatment for depression, and screening or treatment for anemia. When a 50% shortage in general (for example, nurses) and specialized (for example, doctors) personnel time was also included, the health benefits of the ...EU should make vaccination against cervical cancer virus mandatory for adolescent girls
...r states should make vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV) --a major cause of cervical cancer--mandatory for all girls aged 11-12 years, states an Editorial in this week's issue of The Lancet. The European Commission last week licensed the first HPV vaccine, Gardasil, for use in children aged 915 yea...Brisbane teens receive first cancer vaccine shots
...ne prevents four of dozens of strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) which cause genital warts and cervical cancer. The prescription-only vaccine is distributed in Australia and New Zealand by Melbourne based pharmaceutical manufacturer CSL and distributed worldwide by US drugmaker Merck & Co. It sells for $...New hope in cancer vaccines emerges as novel therapies are developed and tested
... vaccination is possible. The newly approved human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is designed to curb the 230,000 worldwide deaths due to cervical cancer, which is caused solely by HPV. And the hepatitis B virus, responsible for 70 percent of all liver cancer deaths, is also preventable with a vaccine. Cancer resea...New strategy more sensitive at detecting cervical cancer than smear test
...e other half were tested with a DNA test for human papillomavirus (HPV), which is a cause of cervical cancer, together with a test called liquid-based cytology. Using a variety of different referral criteria, the researchers were able to identify a strategy that could detect more high-grade precancerous lesions tha...African American women need to receive HPV vaccine
...o be the first to receive the newly approved human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine according to infectious disease experts. This is the view expressed in a commentary published in the July 2006 issue of The Lancet Infectious Disease by researchers at The Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School. The commentary is in ...Aussie of the Year wins approval for cervical cancer vaccine
...against four of the dozens of strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes genital warts as well as cervical cancer. US drugmaker Merck & Co. expects to start selling a three-shot series of Gardasil by the end of the month for about $485. Merck is seeking similar approval around the world including Aus...How cow warts, clergy sex surveys moved along cancer vaccine
... To do so, the researchers needed large amounts of papillomavirus and while there are plenty of warts in this world.... So as a starting point the team turned to bovine papillomavirus or BPV in cows, and Bonnez found himself visiting veterinarians and others with access to cows with ...Georgetown research leads to first cancer vaccine
... 1980s studying the molecular biology of the human papillomavirus (HPV), the precursor to most cervical cancers. Looking at the biological makeup of the virus through an advanced microscope, Schlegel said he never imagined he was laying the groundwork for something that could change the face of global medicine. I...Trial shows vaccine against cervical cancer provides long-term protection
...men worldwide. Persistent infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV) is the main cause of the disease. The most common HPV types associated with the disease are HPV-16 and HPV-18. In a trial in 2004, Diane Harper (Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH, USA) and colleagues found that a vaccine against these virus...Using HPV testing to screen for cervical cancer
...knesses. A new study found that the test for human papillomavirus (HPV), which is present in almost all cervical cancers, is more sensitive than cytology (cell examination) in detecting cervical cancer. The study published online April 3, 2006 in the International Journal of Cancer, the official journal of the Inte...Parents need to be educated about HPV vaccinations for daughters
... progress in developing vaccines against the human papillomavirus (HPV) had reached a stage where they were soon to be submitted for licensing. But he warned that it was important there were programmes of education for women and men, particularly parents, about HPV and cervical cancer. Professor Kitchener, of the A...Researchers link human papillomavirus (HPV) to common skin cancer
HANOVER, NH Human papillomavirus (HPV) may be a risk factor in developing squamous cell carcinoma, a common form of skin cancer, according to research led by Dartmouth Medical School. The study, published in the March 15 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, used n...