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Merck & Company's Development of Gardasil
By: Maeen Arslan
| Published: Jun 28, 2022
In 2006, the United States branch of Merck & Co. received FDA approval for Gardasil, a human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine that protects…
OrganizationCervix uteri--CancerPapillomavirusesVaccine mandatesMeasles vaccine
“HPV in the Etiology of Human Cancer” (2006) by Nubia Muñoz, Xavier Castellsagué, Amy Berrington de González, and Lutz Gissmann
By: Maeen Arslan
| Published: Jun 21, 2022
In 2006, the article “HPV in the Etiology of Human Cancer,” hereafter “HPV and Etiology,” by Nubia Muñoz, Xavier Castellsagué, Amy Berrington de…
LiteraturePapillomavirusesCervix uteri--CancerVaccine mandatesMouth--Cancer
Harald zur Hausen (1936–2023)
By: Grace Kim
| Published: Jul 24, 2017
Harald zur Hausen studied viruses and discovered that certain strains of the human papilloma virus (HPV), a sexually transmitted disease, can cause…
Cervix uteri--CancerHuman Papilloma VirusPapillomavirusesGenital WartsCondylomata Acuminata
Ian Hector Frazer (1953– )
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: Sep 02, 2020
Ian Hector Frazer studied the human immune system and vaccines in Brisbane, Australia, and helped invent and patent the scientific process and…
PeopleHIV infectionsHIV-positive personsHIV (Viruses)Vaccines industry
“What Can We Do About Cancer? The Most Vital and Insistent Question in the Medical World” (1913), by Samuel Hopkins Adams
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: Aug 02, 2021
In 1913, journalist Samuel Hopkins Adams published “What Can We Do About Cancer? The Most Vital and Insistent Question in the Medical World,”…
LiteratureCervix uteri--CancerBreast--Cancer--Patients--CareBreast--Cancer--Patients--Counseling ofBreast--Cancer--Surgery
Amanda Sims Memorial Fund (1930–1935)
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: Sep 08, 2020
In 1930, physician Joseph Colt Bloodgood founded the Amanda Sims Memorial Fund, or the ASMF, a United States cancer awareness organization that…
OrganizationCervix uteri--CancerCervical CancerWomen's health servicesWomen's health services--United States