Experts Advise Caution After FDA Panel Approves HPV Vaccine for Males
By RADHA CHITALE
ABC News Medical Unit
Gynecologists and pediatricians largely supported a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory panel’s vote on Wednesday to approve the vaccine Gardasil for use in males aged 9-26 to protect against genital warts. But some say a conservative approach should be taken in vaccinating boys until more evidence is in.
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The panel’s recommendation on Gardasil and males comes just weeks after research in the New England Journal of Medicine raised questions about the lack of clear-cut evidence that a vaccine for cervical cancer is effective. Other studies have raised questions about serious side effects from HPV vaccines like Gardasil.
The votes are non-binding, but the FDA usually follows an expe
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