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Safe, Cost Effective PAP Test or Gardasil®

August 26, 2008 – 9:54 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Researchers and public health officials are FINALLY waking up, and stepping up, to ask tough questions about the cost effectiveness of administering a very expensive, and not thoroughly vetted vaccine to every girl and young woman in the free world. Is the use of Gardasil® as a preventive measure against cervical cancer, the correct utilization [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Also posted in Big Pharma Watch, Cancer Research, Cervical Cancer, Follow The Money, Gardasil®, Gynecology, HPV Infection, HPV Vaccine, Health Advisory, PAP Test, STD Infection, Take Action! | Comments (0)

My Girl Died As ‘Guinea Pig’ For Gardasil®

August 18, 2008 – 11:20 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

In a previous Inconvenient Woman Blog entry we noted the death of 17 year old Jessica Ericzon, “an all-American teenager,” whose tragic death has been tied to the Merck vaccine Gardasil®. Jefferson County Medical Examiner Samuel Livingstone, reported Jessie’s death to the federal Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System. Her family started the Jessica Ericzon Memorial [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Also posted in Big Pharma Watch, Cervical Cancer, FDA Failure To Protect, Follow The Money, Gynecology, HPV Infection, HPV Vaccine, Health Advisory, NVIC, Questionable Medicine, STD Infection, Take Action! | Comments (0)

GARDASIL Vaccine: The Damage Continues Part II

August 14, 2008 – 10:55 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

More Reports of Coincidental Collateral Damage
 Reported by Barbara Loe Fisher
The reports of HPV vaccine reactions, injuries and deaths continue to roll in, not only to NVIC but also to the federal Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (Search HPV4 at: http://www.medalerts.org/vaersdb/index.html) newspapers, and television stations.
And the only response that comes from officials at the CDC, FDA [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Also posted in Big Pharma Watch, Cervical Cancer, FDA Failure To Protect, Follow The Money, HPV Infection, HPV Vaccine, PAP Test, Pediatrics, Questionable Medicine, STD Infection | Comments (0)

GARDASIL Vaccine: The Damage Continues

August 11, 2008 – 1:44 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Girls and Young Women Pay the Price for
Corporate Greed and the FDA’s Failure to Protect
Reported by Barbara Loe Fisher

The vaccine reaction reports keep coming into the National Vaccine Information Center (NVIC) from mothers describing how they took their healthy teenage girls into a pediatrician or gynecologist’s office where they were given a GARDASIL shot and, [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Also posted in Big Pharma Watch, Cervical Cancer, Children's Health, FDA Conflict of Interest, FDA Failure To Protect, HPV Infection, HPV Vaccine, PAP Test, STD Infection | Comments (0)

CDC Spin on Gardasil and Its Safety

August 1, 2008 – 8:36 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Quick Links

CDC HPV and HPV Disease Information

CDC HPV Vaccine Information

CDC Vaccine Safety Information

HPV Questions and Answers

FDA Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research

To Report an Adverse Event in VAERS

Related Information on Guillain-Barré Syndrome

Information from FDA and CDC on Gardasil and its Safety
July [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Also posted in Big Pharma Watch, CDC Press Release, FDA Failure To Protect, Follow The Money, HPV Vaccine, Health Advisory, Reproductive Health, Your Body/Your Self | Comments (0)

A Hard Plastic Is Raising Hard Questions

April 25, 2008 – 10:22 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Are toxic plastics lurking in your kitchen?
It’s a question many families are asking after reports last week that a chemical used to make baby bottles, water bottles and food containers is facing increasing scrutiny by health officials in Canada and the United States.
The substance is bisphenol-a, or BPA, [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Also posted in Breast Cancer, Children's Health, Factoids, Precocious Puberty | Comments (0)

HPV — A Problem of Public Health or Politics?

July 15, 2007 – 1:25 pm
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

HPV in the United States and Developing Nations: A Problem of Public Health or Politics?
The Global AIDS bill, signed into law on May 27, 2003 by President Bush [for full text: Library of Congress, search bill number, H.R. 1298.] requires an analysis of the prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) in Sub-Saharan Africa and a study [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Also posted in Cervical Cancer, HPV Infection, STD Infection | Comments (0)

Risk Factors Affect Parents’ Attitudes About STD Vaccinations

July 10, 2006 – 2:59 pm
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

My Opinion About The Following Study Abstract
This 2003 study, funded by a grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, was one of several studies that “tested the waters” concerning parental attitudes about STD vaccine programs. If I were a cynical sort, I’d believe that if the results were more favorable to a [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Also posted in HPV Infection, STD Infection | Comments (0)

FDA Press Release — HPV (human papillomavirus)

June 10, 2006 – 1:16 pm
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

What is HPV?
HPV (human papillomavirus) is a sexually transmitted virus. It is passed on through genital contact (such as vaginal and anal sex). It is also passed on by skin-to-skin contact. At least 50% of people who have had sex will have HPV at some time in their lives.
Why haven’t I heard of HPV?
HPV [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Also posted in FDA Press Release, HPV Infection | Comments (0)

FDA Licenses New Vaccine for Prevention of Cervical Cancer and Other Diseases in Females Caused by Human Papillomavirus

June 10, 2006 – 9:08 am
Posted by H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik

Rapid Approval Marks Major Advancement in Public Health
FDA Press Release
June 8, 2006
Media Inquiries:
Julie Zawisza, 301-827-6242
Consumer Inquiries:
888-INFO-FDA
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today announced the approval of Gardasil, the first vaccine developed to prevent cervical cancer, precancerous genital lesions and genital warts due to human papillomavirus (HPV) types 6, 11, 16 and 18. The vaccine is [...]

By H. Sandra Chevalier-Batik | Also posted in FDA Press Release | Comments (0)