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HPV Vaccination During Pregnancy Shows No Ill Effects

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photo credit: reachmd.com

New evidence from a Danish nationwide study suggests that Merck and Co, Inc's quadrivalent human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV), marketed as Gardasil, is not dangerous in the unusual case when it is inadvertently given during early pregnancy.

Among 1,665 women exposed to the Gardasil vaccine while pregnant, there was no increased risk of having a child with a major birth defect compared to 6,660 women not exposed during pregnancy.

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