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- Feds Fund Ky. Campaign To Promote Shots For Human Papilloma Virus, The Most Common Sexually Transmitted Disease
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Lt. Gov. Crit Luallen joined public health officials in Frankfort July 13 to launch Kentucky's new "Stop HPV Campaign," to encourage parents to get their children vaccinated against the human papillomavirus,...
- Study Says '16 And Pregnant' Reality Tv Show Is Responsible For 5.7% Decline In Births To Teens, But Numbers Still High In Kentucky
The MTV show "16 and Pregnant" has been highly criticized, not only for featuring pregnant teens, but because some of the cast members have since been arrested, gotten into trouble with drugs and alcohol, and one was featured in a sex tape. But, a study...
- Studies Show That Preteen Girls Who Get The Hpv Vaccination Are Not More Inclined Toward Promiscuity Than Those Who Don't
An electron micrograph of the human papilloma virus. (National Cancer Institute photo) The most recent study of preteen girls who received the vaccine for the human papilloma virus (HPV) found that they were no more likely than unvaccinated girls...
- Hpv-linked Cancers On Rise, More Prevalent In Kentucky
The human papillomavirus, which is generally blamed for causing cervical cancer, is being linked to the formation of several other kinds of cancer, and Kentuckians are getting these diseases in unusually high numbers, reports Laura Ungar of The Courier-Journal....
- Shingles Vaccine Available, But Expensive, And Can Be Hard To Find
Though it's expensive and can be hard to find, a vaccine against shingles is now available to people 60 and up, and in some cases to those 50 and up. Until this year, the vaccine, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2006, was...
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Morning-after pill should not be available to young girls over the counter, HHS secretary says, reversing FDA
Contrary to the recommendation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, girls younger than 17 won't be able to get the "morning-after pill" without a prescription. The FDA was overruled by Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on Wednesday.
"Right now, girls age 17 and older can get the emergency contraceptive without a prescription, but a prescription is required for girls age 16 and younger," reports Darla Carter of The Courier-Journal.
Teva Women's Health requested that the drug, known officially as Plan B One-Step, be available to all girls of child-bearing age. FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg was in favor of the request, saying she felt there was "adequate, reasonable, well-supported, and science-based evidence that Plan B One-Step is safe and effective."
But Sebelius disagreed and directed the FDA to write a letter denying Teva's request. "She cited insufficient data to support the company's application, plus cognitive differences between older adolescents and younger girls, such as 11-year-olds," Carter reports. (Read more)
- Feds Fund Ky. Campaign To Promote Shots For Human Papilloma Virus, The Most Common Sexually Transmitted Disease
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Lt. Gov. Crit Luallen joined public health officials in Frankfort July 13 to launch Kentucky's new "Stop HPV Campaign," to encourage parents to get their children vaccinated against the human papillomavirus,...
- Study Says '16 And Pregnant' Reality Tv Show Is Responsible For 5.7% Decline In Births To Teens, But Numbers Still High In Kentucky
The MTV show "16 and Pregnant" has been highly criticized, not only for featuring pregnant teens, but because some of the cast members have since been arrested, gotten into trouble with drugs and alcohol, and one was featured in a sex tape. But, a study...
- Studies Show That Preteen Girls Who Get The Hpv Vaccination Are Not More Inclined Toward Promiscuity Than Those Who Don't
An electron micrograph of the human papilloma virus. (National Cancer Institute photo) The most recent study of preteen girls who received the vaccine for the human papilloma virus (HPV) found that they were no more likely than unvaccinated girls...
- Hpv-linked Cancers On Rise, More Prevalent In Kentucky
The human papillomavirus, which is generally blamed for causing cervical cancer, is being linked to the formation of several other kinds of cancer, and Kentuckians are getting these diseases in unusually high numbers, reports Laura Ungar of The Courier-Journal....
- Shingles Vaccine Available, But Expensive, And Can Be Hard To Find
Though it's expensive and can be hard to find, a vaccine against shingles is now available to people 60 and up, and in some cases to those 50 and up. Until this year, the vaccine, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2006, was...