MacSharry: ‘We respect the experts but can’t ignore concerns on HPV vaccine’
A Fianna Fail TD from the North West says we can’t ignore the side effects that some people have been reporting on the HPV vaccine. The HSE has launched a new campaign to promote the benefits of the vaccine which is proven to protect against cervical cancer in later life.…
Local cancer survivor says informed debate needed on HPV vaccine
A cancer survivor in the North West says she would have jumped at the chance to get a vaccine that would prevent her type of cancer. Well-known cancer services campaigner in Sligo Catriona McGoldrick has been commenting on figures from the newly-formed HPV Vaccination Alliance. They show a dramatic drop…
Provisional HSE figures show numbers getting HPV vaccine almost halve
Provisional HSE figures for the HPV vaccine this year show the numbers getting it have almost halved. The vaccine is now part of the schools immunisation programme and it aims to reduce the risk of infection of this virus which is known to cause cervical and other cancers. The controversial…