The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it has approved Gardasil, a vaccine that prevents infection by some strains of the human papillomavirus, which can cause cervical cancer if left untreated.
"It marks a very important step forward in women's health," said Dr. John O. Agwunobi, the assistant secretary for health at the Department of Health and Human Services.
"It will be the first vaccine licensed by the FDA that can prevent a cancer that kills a large number of women each year," said Dr. Michael Keefer, an associate professor in the infectious disease division at the University of Rochester School of Medicine in New York. "If that's not a breakthrough, I don't know what is."
Gardasil is made by Merck & Co. Inc., a global pharmaceutical company. It's a series of 3 shots given over six months.
This is a major break throuht. maybe nad hopefuly there will be more to come
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Is this the shot that costs $500-$600 each? I might be mistaking it for another form of treatment that I seen on the news last night.
You might want to change your title to 'cures' instead of 'curse'. At first, I was thinking curse for cancer? Sort of confused by the title.