Low allergic reaction rate seen in Gardasil study
Thursday, December 4, 2008 - 03:21
in Health & Medicine
Only three girls and young women who were given the cervical cancer vaccine showed 'probable hypersensitivity' in a study of 380,000 shots, researchers in Australia say. A large study of girls and young women who received the cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil has found only three confirmed cases of allergic reaction out of 380,000 shots.
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