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| January 01, 2007 | COPYRIGHT 2009 National Conference of State Legislatures. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Physicians found a new vaccine on their shelves this past summer to fight the human papilloma virus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer and genital warts. Merck's Gardasil and GlaxoSmithKline's Cervarix target four strains of HPV, one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases. The federal Food and Drug Administration approved the Gardasil vaccine for females between ages 9 and 26. Approval for Cervarix is pending.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), HPV infects an estimated 20 million people, with 6.2 million new infections each year. At least 3,700 women died from cervical cancer last year, according to the American Cancer…

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