Read more HPV stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1172/hpv.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:07:49 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70593/most-unlikely-hpv-shot-killed-uk-teen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe British teen who died after being vaccinated against human papillomavirus had “a serious underlying medical condition,” health officials said today, and it is “most unlikely” that the shot, intended to prevent cervical cancer, killed 14-year-old Natalie Morton. An official at Morton’s school is skeptical. “I have seen Natalie’s file,...http://www.newser.com/story/70593/most-unlikely-hpv-shot-killed-uk-teen.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 21:27:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/70488/uk-teen-dies-after-hpv-vaccination.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA 14-year-old British girl died yesterday after receiving the vaccine against human papillomavirus, and the National Health Service has quarantined the batch after three other girls reported unpleasant side effects. Her school is telling parents the girl had a “rare but extreme reaction” to the shot, which is commonly administered...http://www.newser.com/story/70488/uk-teen-dies-after-hpv-vaccination.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 28 Sep 2009 20:42:17 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/67271/cervical-cancer-vaccine-linked-to-32-deaths.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagGardasil, the cervical cancer vaccine marketed to teen girls, has been linked to 32 deaths and other serious side effects including fainting and blood clots, according to a government report released yesterday. Since 2006, several complications of the vaccine have been reported, ABC News reports, ranging from neurological disorders to...http://www.newser.com/story/67271/cervical-cancer-vaccine-linked-to-32-deaths.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 19 Aug 2009 12:16:58 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64823/teen-pregnancies-stds-increase-cdc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAfter declining in 1991-2005, the US teen birth rate climbed in 2006 and 2007, HealthDay News reports. Crunching numbers from 2002-07, the Centers for Disease Control found a number of trends had flatlined or worsened after a period of improvement. 2004 saw 745,000 pregnancies among females under 20, including...http://www.newser.com/story/64823/teen-pregnancies-stds-increase-cdc.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 20 Jul 2009 13:28:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/54419/push-to-use-hpv-vaccine-on-boys-stirs-debate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMerck is pushing the FDA to approve its HPV vaccine for men, and that’s raising a whole new set of controversies, the Washington Post reports. When the human papillomavirus vaccine was originally marketed for girls, many questioned whether or not it would encourage young girls to have sex. With boys...http://www.newser.com/story/54419/push-to-use-hpv-vaccine-on-boys-stirs-debate.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 26 Mar 2009 8:58:15 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/45738/swedes-launch-nobel-prize-bribery-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSwedish prosecutors are investigating claims of corruption in the awarding of this year's Nobel Prize in medicine, the Toronto Star reports. German scientist Harald zur Hausen won part of the prize for discovering the link between human papilloma viruses and cervical cancer. The discovery could make a fortune for drug...http://www.newser.com/story/45738/swedes-launch-nobel-prize-bribery-probe.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 19 Dec 2008 8:10:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/40125/std-slap-your-ex-with-lawsuit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCalifornia courts are deciding a civil dispute that could change first-date conversations. A woman is suing her ex-husband for allegedly giving her HIV, though he claims to not have known he was infected at the time, MSNBC writes. The case follows successful wins in Iowa and New York by plaintiffs...http://www.newser.com/story/40125/std-slap-your-ex-with-lawsuit.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 16 Oct 2008 12:00:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/39245/3-virologists-share-medicine-nobel-prize.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Nobel Prize for medicine was awarded today to three scientists who discovered two of the world's deadliest sexually transmitted viruses. Half the prize goes to Harald zur Hausen, a German who discovered the human papilloma virus, which causes cervical cancer in women. The other half goes to Françoise Barre-Sinoussi...http://www.newser.com/story/39245/3-virologists-share-medicine-nobel-prize.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 06 Oct 2008 8:52:29 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/36525/uk-begins-massive-hpv-vaccine-campaign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe UK kicked off a campaign to give 12- and 13-year-old girls the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, the Times of London reports. Schools will begin offering the shot, which is not mandatory, this week. The government estimates that it will vaccinate over 2 million girls by 2011. Beside official programs,...http://www.newser.com/story/36525/uk-begins-massive-hpv-vaccine-campaign.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Sep 2008 16:13:02 CDT