Ruth Institute Blog

By George Delgado, M.D.

No one likes the feeling that something has been shoved down his or her throat.  Merck, the pharmaceutical giant is looking like a bully in how it thrust Gardasil, the first genital human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine, on the US market.      

You might imagine genital HPV infection being like an iceberg.  The small tip represents those infections that lead to cervical cancer.  Below the water is the vast majority of the infections, those that do not transform into cervical cancer because they are cleared by the body.  Read more…

Deirdre Fleming Mercatornet.com

A mother and public health student offers ten reasons not to vaccinate children against a sexually transmitted disease.

Imagine this. You are the parent of an eleven year old daughter. Early in the school year you receive a consent form for the standard Year 7 immunisations: Hepatitis B, Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis, Chickenpox and Human Papillomavirus (HPV). Do you just tick all the boxes, or do you spend time considering the implications of your decision? Read more…