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First Iowa West Nile virus case is in Woodbury County
captainclaw submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.siouxcityjournal.com)
Although the year's first incidence of West Nile virus, which can have few, if any, symptoms, "is a couple weeks earlier from what we've seen in the past," there is no reason to believe an outbreak will be worse than other years, public health department communications researchers said.They noted that the first human case of West Nile in South Dakota also was reported Tuesday. The victim is between the ages of 30 and 39 and lives in Hanson County, about 50 miles west of Sioux Falls, but the person's gender was not released. 


Apoorva Mandavilli on hype and the the HPV vaccine
Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.nature.com)
Most of Ms. Mandavilli's opinion piece on the HPV vaccine is straight-up good sense: "We don't know how long its effects will last yet." "It's being touted, perhaps beyond its worth." She points out a few of the vaccine's less-publicized flaws, namely that it doesn't do much for women who have been sexually active before receiving it. But I worry that opponents of the vaccine could take her words the wrong way, particularly, "We don't know how well it works 


New Hampshire adopts voluntary HPV vaccine program
Hecate submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.nytimes.com)
While about eighteen US states have considered or are considering making HPV vaccination mandatory for young female students, New Hampshire has tried another tack: The state has made the vaccine available free of charge to girls between the ages of eleven and eighteen, offered on a highest-risk-first-served basis whenever supplies grow short.
The program has been highly successful, showing a huge turnout. “We usually have to bust our hump every September to convince people to get their flu shots,” the article quotes Greg Moore of the Health and Human Services Department 


NY Times article argues in favor of HPV vaccination -- does spin do more harm than good?
Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.nytimes.com)
The article, by Jane E. Brody, makes a strong case for nationwide HPV vaccination, but it doesn't always fight fair 


Cervical cancer rates continue to drop:
Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 year 8 months (www.cancer.org)
The American Cancer Society reports a 17% drop in cases of cervical cancer in the United States between 1998 and 2002, which it credits mostly to more widespread use of Pap smears to identify and remove precancerous cells. It also celebrates the wealth of information that has been gleaned regarding cervical cancer in different ethnic groups and regional populations.
Since the HPV vaccine did not come out until late last year, it does not factor in, but the Society anticipates that it will help reduce rates even further. 


Texas legislature blocks mandatory HPV vaccination
Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 year 8 months (www.nytimes.com)
The Texas legislature has overruled Governor Perry's decree that all sixth-grade (about eleven years old) girls in Texas must be vaccinated with the HPV vaccine. This ruling does not in any way ban vaccination; it only says that the governor may not require it. Also, the ruling will only be in force for four years. Unless it is renewed, the governor of Texas may revisit the idea of mandatory HPV vaccinations in 2011 


New way to use Aurintricarboxylic Acid inhibits the early stage of Vaccinia Virus .
captainclaw submitted, created time 1 year 10 months (jvi.asm.org)
“Aurintricarboxylic acid (ATA) has been shown to inhibit the replication of viruses from several different families, including human immunodeficiency virus, vesicular stomatitis virus, and the coronavirus causing severe acute respiratory syndrome. This study characterizes the inhibitory effect of ATA on vaccinia virus replication in HeLa, Huh7, and AD293 cells. Vaccinia virus replication is significantly abrogated upon ATA treatment, which is associated with the inhibition of early viral gene transcription. This inhibitory effect may be attributed to two findings 


Extremely prevalent : More than 1 in 4 women has HPV
DanyC submitted, created time 1 year 10 months (www.chron.com)
The U.S. Centers for Disease provides a study that most comprehensive assessment of human papillomavirus prevalence among American women. The overall prevalence was slightly higher than previous estimates. 


Gay men advised to take HPV vaccine -- ramifications?
Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 year 11 months (www.nytimes.com)
~~~~ It seems that the HPV vaccine is also good at preventing some kinds of anal cancer, which any man can get, but it tends to be more common in men who engage in anal sex. Now, if we have fewer people dying from preventable disease, that's a good thing in my book, but the cultural conservatives threw such a fit when doctors suggested that we vaccinate young girls and I think this will make things worse 
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