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HPV Vaccine Recommended For Boys

Posted by timothy on from the pushed-by-big-pharma-and-not-a-cure-all dept.

necro81 writes "An advisory committee to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will soon issue new recommendations that pre-adolescent boys be vaccinated against Human Papilloma Virus (HPV). The disease is sexually transmitted, endemic in the sexually active, can cause genital warts in both men and women, and is the primary cause of cervical cancer, which kills hundreds of thousands of women globally each year. The three-dose vaccination has been available for several years and is already recommended for pre-adolescent girls. Vaccinating boys should further reduce transmission."

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  1. How is this News for Nerds? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Sorry, too easy.

    1. Re:How is this News for Nerds? by mehemiah · · Score: 3, Funny

      from the article: "More than one in five boys and girls have had vaginal sex by the age of 15, surveys show." by 15! holy ....! im 23, where was I when this was happening? oh right, im a nerd :-( Its funny, when the doctor asks me if I'm sexually active sometimes I give a sad sigh when I answer "No", Now I just snicker the same answer. *forever alone face*

  2. Warning by CheerfulMacFanboy · · Score: 4, Funny

    Vaccination can lead to retardation in mothers, up to voting for Michele Bachmann.

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  3. Re:How's about this... by elrous0 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Back in *my* day, we all had chastity belts and if anyone had sex we burned them as a consort of Lucifer. And you know what, we were happier and WE LIKED IT!

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