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Agencies rapped for shirking HPV law
THE WASHINGTON TIMES ^ | December 23, 2003 | Cheryl Wetzstein

Posted on 12/24/2003 6:22:04 PM PST by nickcarraway

Edited on 07/12/2004 3:41:01 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

A House Republican leader has charged two federal agencies with failing to provide aggressive public education about a sexually transmitted disease linked to cervical cancer.

Officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration have been asked to appear at a Jan. 28 hearing to discuss issues pertaining to the human papillomavirus (HPV), said aides with the House Government Reform subcommittee on criminal justice, drug policy and human resources.


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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia; US: Georgia
KEYWORDS: cancer; cdc; condoms; health; hpv; std; stds

1 posted on 12/24/2003 6:22:05 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
The irony in paragraph #4 will be missed by no one;)
2 posted on 12/24/2003 6:53:16 PM PST by Frank_2001
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To: nickcarraway
Ugh, I misread the header and thought this was about high occupancy lanes.

3 posted on 12/24/2003 6:57:22 PM PST by TC Rider (The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
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