Gardasil Health News

Agency recommends getting inoculated between 9 and 26 years old

Danish study finds reduction in precancerous lesions for women who got vaccinated in girlhood

But Swedish study didn't address more critical issue of cervical cancer prevention

Researchers found women who only got 1 of 3 recommended Cervarix doses still showed immune response 4 years later

Gardasil, Cervarix target strains more commonly found among whites

But overall risk is low, and virus usually clears within a year, study found

Preteens appear to get same protection with two doses of HPV vaccine as young women who get three

Australian effort saw nationwide rates drop up to 93 percent in girls, young women

Research started in the late 1990s, first vaccine approved in 2006

No increase seen in STDs, pregnancy or birth control counseling

Small study found it spurred an immune response in women who had precancerous cervical lesions

Fainting, skin infections most common side effects seen in girls, young women