Spain Withdraws Merck Gardasil Vaccine After Illnesses
Posted Feb 10 2009 12:00am
Managing Editor's Note: I learned a new Spanish word while watching Sesame Street with my 14 year old daughter (who has autism.) "Peligro." Just in time, si? Please click over to NVIC HERE for detailed information about Gardasil, including media reports, how to report an injury and HPV facts that could save a girl's/woman's life.
MADRID (AFP) – Spanish health authorities have withdrawn tens of thousands of doses of a vaccine against cervical cancer after two teenagers who received the shots were hospitalised, regional authorities said on Tuesday.
A batch of nearly 76,000 doses of the human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV) was withdrawn from market, a government statement said, after two girls in the eastern Valencia region fell seriously ill hours after receiving them.
MADRID (AFP) – Spanish health authorities have withdrawn tens of thousands of doses of a vaccine against cervical cancer after two teenagers who received the shots were hospitalised, regional authorities said on Tuesday.
A batch of nearly 76,000 doses of the human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV) was withdrawn from market, a government statement said, after two girls in the eastern Valencia region fell seriously ill hours after receiving them.
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