1.0 link 40693 <![CDATA[HPV? Yes, But Don't Rush Me]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arthur-allen/hpv-yes-but-dont-rush-me_b_40693.html Sometimes, good policy is a question of good timing. The human papillomavirus vaccine, which Texas mandated for its sixth-grade girls last week, and which state legislatures around the country have been considering, is a good case in point.

By all accounts, the new vaccine against cervical cancer, developed by Merck Co., can provide an important advance in health. In scientific trials of the vaccine, it proved 100 percent effective in preventing infections with the two types of HPV that cause 70...

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