Gardasil is a vaccine, licensed for use in June 2006, by the FDA. It targets four strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) -- HPV-6, 11, 16, and 18. HPV-16 and HPV-18 account for about 70% of all ...

The Gardasil® vaccine—called a “quadrivalent vaccine” because it protects against four HPV types (6, 11, 16, and 18)—was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 2006 for girls and young women ...

In its rush to market its human papillomavirus vaccine, Merck forgot to make a strong and compelling case for compulsory immunization. Merck's human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil should ...

Gardasil 9 is the only HPV vaccine used in the U.S., and it’s also one of the only vaccines on the market that actually prevents cancer. That’s because HPV is behind nearly all cervical cancer cases ...