Topic: Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices

HPV vaccine proposed for teen boys

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted to recommend the use of a human papillomavirus vaccine for certain males to help prevent the transmission of genital warts caused by HPV types 6 and 11.. During an Oct. 21 meeting, ACIP issued a ...

U.S. advisers decline to push Gardasil for boys

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. vaccine advisers declined to press for the use of Merck & Co's Gardasil in boys and men, opting instead on Wednesday to simply advise doctors they are free to use it.Despite some impassioned pleas from patients and doctors ...