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GARDASIL AND HPV INFECTION — GET THE FACTS

NATIONAL VACCINE INFORMATION CENTER

National Vaccine Information Center (Debold V, Downey C, Fisher B). (2007). NVIC Analysis of Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System Reports: Part III, Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine Safety, Analysis of Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System Reports: Part III (August 15, 2007 http://www.nvic.org/Diseases/HPV/HPV_Vaccine_Safety_
Report__Part_III_(081507_revised)[1].pdf
NVIC Analysis Shows Greater Risk of GBS Reports When HPV
Vaccine Is Given with Other Vaccines, August 15, 2007, NVIC Press Release
NVIC Letter to ACIP Chairman regarding HPV VAERS reports, August 14, 2007
Making An Informed Decision: WUSA-9, Washington DC, November 28, 2007
Listen to Parents! Not Merck, March 8, 2007, Rally in Washington DC
Statement at DC Rally by Barbara Loe Fisher, March 8, 2007
Vaccine Safety Group Releases GARDASIL Reaction Report,
February 21, 2007, NVIC Press Release -FDA and CDC Should Warn Doctors
National Vaccine Information Center (Debold V, Fisher B). (2007). Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine Safety, Analysis of Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System Reports: Part II (February 21, 2007). http://www.nvic.org/Diseases/HPV/HPVRPT2.htm
HPV Infection Facts
National Vaccine Information Center (Debold V, Fisher B). (2007). Human Papilloma Virus Vaccine Safety, Analysis of Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System Reports: Adverse Reactions, Concerns and Implications (undated). http://www.nvic.org/Diseases/HPV/HPVrpt.htm
HPV Vaccine Mandates Risky and Expensive, February 1, 2007, NVIC Press Release
and Citations
Survey of GARDASIL Costs — Private Pediatricians Offices, January 2007
Merck's GARDASIL Not Proven Safe for Little Girls, June 27, 2006,
NVIC Press Release on GARDASIL aluminum content and clinical trials with reference citations
TODAY SHOW - FEBRUARY 13, 2007 - Should HPV Vaccine Be Mandatory?
Barbara Loe Fisher, NVIC President and Co-founder, http://tinyurl.com/2kfkb4
HPV Video - 7 Minutes, Grindley Productions made for NVIC
WNYC Radio (NPR)

VAERS REPORTS — GARDASIL ADVERSE EVENT REPORTS

VAERS REPORT — GARDASIL ADVERSE EVENTS REPORTS
National Vaccine Information Center. VAERS reports related to HPV4 vaccine http://www.medalerts.org/vaersdb/findfield.php?PAGENO=1&PERPAGE=10&VAX=HPV4

GARDASIL MANUFACTURER PRODUCT INSERT

GARDASIL PRODUCT INSERT

Merck & Co. 2006. Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Types 6,11,16,18) Recombinant Vaccine http://www.fda.gov/cber/label/hpvmer060806LB.pdf

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL

Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccine, Recommendations of the Advisory
Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), March 12, 2007

SELECTED MEDIA REPORTS

Judicial Watch, May 23, 2007, Judicial Watch Uncovers Three Deaths Relating to HPV Vaccine
The Record-Courier, Nevada, May 23, 2007, Family Awaits News on Daughter's Illness
The Canberra Times, Australia, May 23, 2007, Girl Hospitalised After Vaccine
Sacramento Bee, May 11, 2007, Dan Walters Column
San Francisco Chronicle, May 10, 2007, UCSF Doctors Warn on Wide Use of Cervical Cancer Vaccine
KKTV-11 News, Colorado, March 16, 2007, HPV Vaccination Bill Fails
Fort Wayne Daily News, March 14, 2007, Researcher Blasts HPV Marketing
Central Kentucky News Journal, March 12, 2007, Vaccine Has Forced Me Out of the State
International Herald Tribune, March 1, 2007, Governor of 2nd US state to call for HPV vaccine for girls says he will OK measure
Associated Press, February 21, 2007,HPV Vaccine Won't Get New Warnings, Officials Say
Associated Press, February 21, 2007, CDC Says Cancer Vaccine Problems Minor
Bloomberg News, February 20, 2007, Merck Stops Campaign to Mandate Gardasil Vaccine Use
Associated Press, February 20, 2007, Merck Suspends Lobbying for Cervical Cancer Vaccine Mandate
TODAY SHOW — February 13, 2007 - Should HPV Vaccine Be Mandatory?
Barbara Loe Fisher, NVIC President and Co-founde, http://tinyurl.com/2kfk
Washington Post, February 11, 2007, Drugmaker Assists In Pushing for Mandate For HPV Vaccination http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/ 10/AR2007021001279.html?sub=AR
News 8 Austin, TX, February 8, 2007, Controversy Heats Up Over HPV Executive Order
http://www.news8austin.com/content/headlines/?ArID=178886&SecID=2
TODAY SHOW, NBC News, February 5, 2006, Dawn Richardson, PROVE,
HPV Vaccine Mandatory in Texas
Bloomberg — Merck Gets First U.S. Cancer-Shot Mandate, From Texas (Update3).
By Angela Zimm and Darrell Preston, February 2, 2007,
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=ady5Qqz20BnA&refer=us
Washington Post, Letter to the Editor. Risk, Racism and the HPV Vaccine. By Barbara Loe Fisher. February 1, 2007; Page A14. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2007
/01/31/AR2007013101910.html
Baltimore Sun, Drug Firm Pushes Vaccine Mandate, Merck Lobbies Md. On HPV Preventive. By Laura Smitherman, January 29, 2007, http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/health/
balte.md.cervical29jan29,1,5431666.story?ctrack=1&cset=true
Washington Post, Force Is Not the Only Way to Administer a Vaccine. By Courtland Milloy. January 24, 2007; Page B01. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wpdyn/content/article/2007/01/23/
AR2007012301502.html
Washington Post, D.C. Bill Would Mandate Vaccine By Nikita Stewart and Rob Stein. January 10, 2007, p. A01. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/09/
AR2007010901386.html

MORE CERVICAL CANCER FACTS
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY

The American Cancer Society, What Causes Cancer of the Cervix? http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_2_2X_What_causes
_cancer_of_the_cervix_Can_it_be_prevented_8.asp?sitearea=
American Cancer Society. Cancer Facts and Figures 2005. Atlanta: American Cancer Society; 2005. http://www.cancer.org/downloads/STT/CAFF2005f4PWSecured.pdf
Saslow D, Runowicz CD et al. American Cancer Society Guideline for the Early Detection of Cervical Neoplasia and Cancer. CA Cancer J Clin 2002; 52:342-362
http://caonline.amcancersoc.org/cgi/content/full/52/6/342

CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cervical Cancer Screening and Prevention. http://www.cdc.gov/std/hpv/CervicalCancerScreeningPrevention8-3-2005.ppt#267
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United States Cancer Statistics.
http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/uscs/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Genital HPV Infection, CDC Fact Sheet. http://www.cdc.gov/STD/HPV/STDFact-HPV.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HPV Vaccine Questions and Answers
http://www.cdc.gov/STD/HPV/STDFact-HPV-vaccine.htm
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Immunization Program, Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Minutes of the October 26-27, 2005 ACIP meeting, p. 57. http://www.cdc.gov/nip/acip/minutes/acip-min-oct05.pdf
Centers for Disease Control, National Immunization Program, HPV Vaccine Information Sheet www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/VIS/vis-hpv.pdf

FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION (FDA)

FDA News, Press Release. http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2006/NEW01385.html
Food and Drug Administration. Product Approval Information - Licensing Action: GARDASIL Questions and Answers. http://www.fda.gov/cber/products/hpvmer060806qa.htm
Full FDA Transcript, November 28-29, 2001, Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC): http://www.fda.gov/ohrms/dockets/ac/cber01.htm# Vaccines & Related Biological
Food and Drug Administration. May 18, 2006. FDA Background Document for Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee: Gardasil HPV Quadrivalent Vaccine.

NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH

National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute
http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials/results/cervical-cancer-vaccine1102
National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, Cancer Stat Fact Sheets
http://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/cervix.html

OTHER RESOURCES

PROVE — Parents Requesting Open Vaccine Education — Human Papillomavirus Vaccine http://www.vaccineinfo.net/immunization/vaccine/hpv/index.shtml

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