A medical researcher who played a role in the development of both Gardasil and Cervarix recently asserted that neither HPV vaccine would do much to reduce cervical cancer rates in the U.S. According to a report on chattahbox.com, Dr. Diane Harper also said the HPV vaccines should not be administered to girls under 15.
Gardasil prevents four strains of HPV, two of which cause 70 percent of all cervical cancers. The other two HPV strains are responsible for about 90 percent of genital warts. Cervarix, approved by the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) just this month, protects against two strains of HPV that cause more than 70% of cases of cervical cancer in women. (more…)

