CDC panel: No routine HPV vaccination for boys

(HealthScout) UPDATED 2009-10-21

A panel of experts that advises the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has voted against recommending the routine use of the Gardasil HPV vaccination in men and boys. But the panel did say individual doctors were free to offer the vaccine as an option to their male patients. Read full story >

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CDC panel: No routine HPV vaccination for boys

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