Its proponents claim that 65 million Americans are afflicted by a sexually transmitted disease.
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The vaccine against hepatitis B, a sexually transmitted disease, has been given to infants since 1991.
Yet virtually all the cases are avoidable, even preventable: The cancer is caused by a sexually transmitted disease (STD) known as HPV (human papillomavirus).
Yet virtually all the cases were avoidable, even preventable: The cancer is caused by a sexually transmitted disease known as HPV (human papillomavirus).
The vaccine works by preventing a sexually transmitted disease--the human papillomavirus, or HPV--that infects some 20 million Americans and is the main cause of cervical cancer.
The injection - part of a national immunisation programme - protects against the human papilloma virus (HPV), a sexually transmitted disease linked to most cervical cancers.
Although it is true in the Tasmanian devil and also in dogs, there is this cancer called Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumor, CTVT, that is essentially a sexually transmitted disease.
Even if they are effective, vaccines may face stiff resistance from parents who are urged to let their 11-year-old daughter or son get a shot against a sexually transmitted disease.
Even if they are effective, vaccines may face stiff resistance from parents who are urged to let their 11-year-old daughter get a shot against a sexually transmitted disease or told that their son needs one for a disease that is likely never to harm him.
Not only will Merck have to fight off a similar drug being developed by GlaxoSmithKline (nyse: GSK - news - people ), it will have to convince parents that their young daughters need to be vaccinated against HPV, a sexually transmitted disease.
In a big study, a Merck vaccine prevented early forms of cervical cancer from developing, bolstering hopes that the new product, called Gardasil, could strike a major blow against the disease and the sexually transmitted virus that causes it.
In a big study, a Merck (nyse: MRK - news - people ) vaccine prevented early forms of cervical cancer from developing, bolstering hopes that the new product, called Gardasil, could strike a major blow against the disease and the sexually transmitted virus that causes it.
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