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Main Forums => Living With HIV => Topic started by: Dachshund on February 02, 2008, 08:02:30 am
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The only available vaccine against HPV, made by Merck & Co. Inc., is currently given only to girls and young women. But Merck plans this year to ask government permission to offer the shot to boys.
Experts say a primary reason for male vaccinations would be to prevent men from spreading the virus and help reduce the nearly 12,000 cases of cervical cancer diagnosed in U.S. women each year. But the new study should add to the argument that there may be a direct benefit for men, too.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ip7PfN_mm2RrKX-AyRKDX9FNzzNwD8UHQ3KG0