FDA Recommends HPV Vaccine for Boys

FROM:  http://www.feministing.com/archives/017651.html
FDA panel recommends HPV vaccine for boys

Yesterday, a FDA panel recommended that the agency approve Gardasil - the HPV vaccine - for use in young men and boys. Something tells me that despite the vaccine being recommended for use in boys as young as 9 years old, no conservative organizations are going to bemoaning boys' "lost innocence" or worrying about them becoming big whores.

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Posted by Jessica - September 10, 2009, at 11:31AM | in Health , Politics , Sex
Filed under  //   Gender   SDI   STDs   Vaccination  

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