Supporting Links

THE HPV VACCINATION BILL IN THE DISTRICT

1) The Actual Legislation -- B17-0030
http://www.dccouncil.washington.dc.us/images/00001/20070126124422.pdf

2) Catania's Bill Information QuickSheet >>
http://www.dccouncil.washington.dc.us/catania/news/HPVFactSheet.pdf

Compressed Mortality File, National Vital Statistics System Mortality
1999-2004 Results -- Cervical cancer (C53), District of Columbia

This chart is excerpted from the Centers for Disease Control Website and were thoughtfully provided to our Committee by Julia S. Holmes, PhD, Associate Director for Science at the National Center for Health Statistics in Hyattsville, Maryland, 301-458-4698.

MERCK

1) Company Website
http://www.merck.com/

2) Merck, Top 10 Worst Companies of 2004
http://multinationalmonitor.org/mm2004/122004/index.html

3) Corporate Profits Take an Offshore Vacation
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines07/0224-05.htm

4) Merck's "Help Pay for Vioxx" Mandatory Vaccine Campaign
http://www.ahrp.org/cms/content/view/463/29/

VIOXX
1) Vioxx Scandal
http://www.newstarget.com/002155.html

2) Vioxx scandal points to deeper industry issues
http://www.drugresearcher.com/news/ng.asp?id=62065-merck-pfizer-vioxx-cox-ii

3) Vioxx Scandal Raises Global Doubts on U.S. Drug Safety
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1202-04.htm

MERCK-GARDISIL LOBBYING EFFORTS

1) Political Intrigue in Merck's HPV Vaccine Push
http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=2890402&page=1

2) Drugmaker's HPV Vaccine Push Raises Questions
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7543095

BIGPHARMA LEGACY

1) 2003 Public Citizen Report
http://www.citizen.org/congress/reform/drug_industry/corporate/articles.cfm?ID=9923

2) Ethics
http://www.newstarget.com/012579.html

FDA COLLUSION WITH MERCK AND BIGPHARMA

1) Doctors and Drug Companies
http://www.healthdecisions.org/News/default.aspx?doc_id=110732

2) Prescription for disatser
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2502546838698762400

VACCINATION DEBATE

1) NPR Radio Debate about HPV vaccination
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8954395

2) Top 10 Murky Problems with Gardisil
http://www.fwdailynews.com/articles/2007/02/04/features/opinion/our_view/ourview2-4.txt

3) The HPV Debate Needs an Injection of Reality
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/04/06/AR2007040601786.html

QUESTIONING GARDISIL

1) Lead Gardisil Researcher, Diane Harper
http://www.fwdailynews.com/online_features/hpv_vaccine/

2) CDC doctor opposes law for vaccine
http://washingtontimes.com/business/20070226-115014-2031r.htm

3) Statement of Dr. Jon Abramson, Chair of the Centers for Disease Control to the Committee
click here

4) Parents Question HPV Vaccine
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/03/AR2007030301356.html

5) Group Criticizes Proposed HPV Vaccination Requirement
http://www.californiahealthline.org/index.cfm?Action=dspItem&itemID=129064

6) HPV Vaccine: What Choice Will You Make? -- Washington Post Blog
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/parenting/2007/03/hpv_vaccine_what_choice_will_y.html

7) It's too soon to mandate vaccine
http://www.norwichbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070309/OPINION/703090306

POLITICIANS RESPONSE TO GARDISIL

1) Proposal to block funding in GA
http://washingtontimes.com/business/20070315-111351-6624r.htm

2) Kaine has 'qualms’ about bill requiring HPV vaccination
http://content.hamptonroads.com/story.cfm?story=120307&ran=67680

3) Actions Taken On HPV Vaccine Proposals In Kentucky, Massachusetts, New Mexico, Ohio, South Dakota, Virginia
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=64304

4) AG tells lawmaker that HPV shots can be suggested, not ordered
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/texassouthwest/stories/031307dntexhpv.704b38a.html

5) Texas House Overrides Perry's HPV Order
http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=6221192&nav=0s3d

6) N.M. Governor to Veto Vaccine Bill
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-6530901,00.html

7) Questions on efficacy cloud a cancer vaccine -- Wall Street Journal
Click Here

OTHER INFO

1) There is an extensive list of articles at the American Policy Roundtable website. Just type in 'HPV' in the search engine.

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