Posted on 10/25/2011 1:58:49 PM PDT by NYer
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Boys should be routinely vaccinated against the human papillomavirus or HPV in an effort to protect them from oral, anal and penile cancers, and to extend protection of girls from cervical cancer, U.S. vaccine advisers said on Tuesday.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, which advises the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, voted unanimously to recommend routine use of Merck & Co's Gardasil in 11- and 12-year-old boys to fight the sexually transmitted virus, with 13 yes votes and one abstention.
Previously, the CDC had said doctors are free to use the vaccine in boys but had stopped short of recommending routine vaccination.
Boys aged 13-21 who have not been vaccinated should be given a catch-up dose of the vaccine, which is given in a three-dose series. Men aged 22 through 26 may be vaccinated but the vaccine is not recommended for routine use, the panel said.
Currently, the CDC recommends HPV vaccinations made by Merck and GlaxoSmithKline for girls and women between the ages of 11 and 26.
The prior recommendations were based largely on evidence that the vaccine protects boys from genital warts but the new recommendations reflect several studies showing the vaccine helps prevent cancers in boys as well, Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, said in a conference call with reporters.
The HPV vaccine offers an opportunity to decrease the burden of HPV in both males and females, Schuchat said.
"In addition to providing a direct benefit to boys, there is also the potential that the vaccine will reduce the spread of HPV from males to females," she said.
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nail on head, instead of trying to promote this kind of perverted diseased sex then the Govt needs to be telling the public the diseases, life expectancy, the dangers etc.
A straight boy isn’t likely to perform oral or anal sex.
Why should straight boys have to get this vaccine?
Straight boys perform oral sex on straight females, and vice versa.
It is not a gay thing.
Even if I had gotten all the sex I was wishing for back in high school, I still think my risk for anal cancer would have been zero.
Believe it or not, millions of people used to live according to those rules. They were happy, and produced millions of happy and healthy offspring.
Thank-you for posting this to breaking news. I hadn’t seen the story yet and would have missed it had you not had the foresight to be considerate and put it where it would be noticed.
Yes indeed, Real sex ed! A lot more kids will want to wait until marriage that way. Seriously.
meanwhile the Govt bans inhalers for those with Asthma and who really needs to have those inhalers to save their life.
WHY? Because this Govt says it is ruining the ozone level
On top of that this is the same Govt which bans inhalers and tells us this for boys but their dear leader drives around in a massive RV with 15 SUV’s following him in order to get votes and we pay the gas.
Nah no hypocrisy there, inhalers bad, SUV’s and RV’s good, get these shots good but be faithful bad.
This Govt has lost their frigging mind and so has anyone who backs this Govt and that goes for the radical left wing element.
meanwhile the Govt bans inhalers for those with Asthma and who really needs to have those inhalers to save their life.
WHY? Because this Govt says it is ruining the ozone level
On top of that this is the same Govt which bans inhalers and tells us this for boys but their dear leader drives around in a massive RV with 15 SUV’s following him in order to get votes and we pay the gas.
Nah no hypocrisy there, inhalers bad, SUV’s and RV’s good, get these shots good but be faithful bad.
This Govt has lost their frigging mind and so has anyone who backs this Govt and that goes for the radical left wing element.
I have two daughters who went to High school in the late 1990s.
According to them, other kids were substituting anal sex for regular intercourse in order to from getting pregnant.
I don’t know how widespread this practice was but, it’s pretty telling.
We can only imagine what they’re doing today.
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