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Flare-Up In Texas Over HPV Vaccine

Texas Gov. Rick Perry has said he will not veto a bill passed by lawmakers that will override his February executive order requiring all...

HPV Vaccine Bill Fails (Again) in Senate Committee

Even after Sen. Suzanne Williams weakened Senate Bill 80, the Senate Appropriations Committee still rejected it. The committee already failed to OK the bill...

Committee OKs Vaccine Bill

A bill that would create an HPV vaccine-awareness campaign and require insurance companies and Medicaid to pay for the controversial shots passed unanimously through...

Vaccine Funding Bill in House Committee Today

A bill that would require insurance companies and Medicaid to pay for the controversial human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine is scheduled to be heard...

Future Uncertain For HPV Vaccine Bill

A bill that would require school-age girls in Colorado to get a cervical cancer vaccine failed in the Senate Appropriations Committee today on a...

New HPV Vaccine Bill Introduced in House

State legislators introduced a new bill last week regarding a controversial vaccine for human papilloma virus (HPV), which causes many cases of cervical cancer....

Mandating the HPV Vaccine

As a debate on the issue rages across the country, Colorado lawmakers are considering legislation that would make a vaccine for human papilloma virus...

HPV Vaccine Bill Approved by Senate Committee

A bill that would help prevent cervical cancer was approved by the Senate Health and Human Services Committee today by a vote of 5-4....