Since 2006, about 8 million females in the U.S. have received at least one shot of Gardasil, according to the vaccine’s maker, Merck & Co. of Whitehouse Station, N.J., which based these ...

Merck's Gardasil, the human papillomavirus vaccine to prevent cervical cancer, was shown to be safe in the second large-scale study in the past year of side effects since the drug was approved six ...

Lacking key information about Gardasil in boys, experts are adopting a wait-and-see attitude towards the drug until the FDA and some professional societies make formal recommendations for Gardasil ...

Gardasil, one of two HPV vaccines, is already approved in boys to prevent anal and penile cancers, but because these diseases are rare, only 1% actually get it.

Many parents are gripped by doubt about the safety of Gardasil, the 3-dose vaccine that promises to protect against cancer-causing HPV infections, following media reports this week on government ...

Gardasil 9 was approved in 2014. Hawaii, Rhode Island, Virginia and the District of Columbia have varying laws requiring HPV vaccines for school entry, generally for middle schoolers.

Gardasil is already approved for preventing cervical cancer and genital warts in females aged 9 to 26, and for preventing genital warts in males aged 9 to 26.

No. Gardasil contains a virus-like particle, but not the virus itself. 7. Who should get the vaccine? The FDA approved Gardasil for girls and women aged 9-26.

China’s first domestically made nine-valent HPV vaccine, a direct competitor to Merck’s Gardasil 9, is being priced at 499 ...

It's fine if parents want their sons to get Gardasil, Merck's vaccine against HPV. But it shouldn't be added to the list of routine vaccinations recommended for all boys, a CDC advisory panel said ...

Looking at the numbers Merck is posting for sales of its cervical-cancer vaccine Gardasil, the Health Blog can't help but wonder whether Merck really needed to even try its controversial lobbying ...