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Some immigrant and women's rights advocacy groups are raising concern about a new U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services rule that adds the human papillomavirus vaccine to the list of required vaccinations for female immigrants seeking U.S. citizenship, the Dallas Morning News reports.

A Catholic school has banned the cervical cancer vaccine from being given on its premises. It cites possible side effects as its reason. I don’t believe that for one minute. How dare they deny their young women the right to life saving vaccinations? That doesn’t sound very Christian to me.

If there was ever a case study for the separation of the church and the education system in this country, the minor furore which erupted around the Human Papiloma Virus (HPV) vaccination - which the government wants given to girls in school as it is believed to prevent 70% of cervical cancers - would be it.

Federal Push to Let Healthcare Workers Refuse Services is Really an Assault on Reproductive Health An LA Times editorial today calls the proposed HHS 'conscience' regulation that would allow all health care workers and volunteers, not just doctors, to refuse services on the basis of contentious

Federal Push to Let Healthcare Workers Refuse Services is Really an Assault on Reproductive Health An LA Times editorial today calls the proposed HHS 'conscience' regulation that would allow all health care workers and volunteers, not just doctors, to refuse services on the basis of contentious

Ikonisys, a leading provider of next-generation, cell-based diagnostic solutions, announced today the launch of its clinically-validated, novel cervical cancer test, oncoFISH® cervical.

A new HPV test developed by QIAGEN specifically for use in regions of the world with scarce resources is "substantially" more accurate in identifying women with cervical disease than the current methods (Pap testing and visual inspection) in these countries.

NPR's "Morning Edition" on Thursday examined how uneasiness among some parents about having their adolescent girls receive the human papillomavirus vaccine, which is recommended for girls ages 11 to 12, is contributing to low vaccination rates.

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Shobha S. Krishnan, M.D., is a Staff Physician at Columbia University's Barnard College Health Services. A board certified gynecologist and family practice physician, she has also worked as a surveillance physician for the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.