If A Girl Gets a Gardasil Shot, When Should She Get It? Merck's HPV vaccine, Gardasil, was approved by the FDA and endorsed by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) in June of 2006. According to the Merck marketing literature, the $360, three shot-series of Gardasil, … [Read more...] about If the Goal Is to Prevent Cervical Cancer…Are School Girls The Right Age Group For The HPV Vaccine?