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On the heels of Wednesday’s article on the closer examination of doctors’ relationships with pharmaceutical companies, an editorial in today’s New York Times calls for some house cleaning on a much higher level, in the FDA.
Earlier this week, Gardiner Harris and Janet Roberts reported in “Doctors’ Ties to Drug Makers Are Put on Close View,”
In […]
I had no idea I was so controversial, but wow! Over at Weary Parent, we’ve been having an ongoing debate about whether the fast-spreading state mandates for the recently approved HPV vaccine Gardasil is a good idea. Responses have ranged from unmitigated support to moral outrage. Apparently I’m somewhere in the middle, […]
Earlier this month, Texas became the first state to mandate the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, trade name Gardasil (manufactured by Merck). Reactions are mixed, ranging from praise to righteous indignation, including some folks arguing that it gives girls the idea that extramarital sex is a-okay.
The requirement will take effect in September of […]
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