“This drug is safe; it is effective,” says D.C. Councilman David Catania about Merck Inc.’s Gardasil vaccine, which the company and others claim prevents transmission of the human papilomavirus, a cause of cervical cancer.
Catania and Ward 3’s Mary Cheh persuaded the full council in 2007 to mandate Gardasil vaccinations of all girls entering the sixth grade in D.C. Public Schools. He cites approval by the Centers for Disease Control and the Food and Drug Administration as proof of the drug’s safety and efficacy.
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