Spain Withdraws Batch Of Gardasil Vaccine

Spanish health authorities have withdrawn tens of thousands of doses of a vaccine against cervical cancer after two teenagers who received the shots were hospitalised, regional authorities said on Tuesday.

A batch of nearly 76,000 doses of the human papillomavirus vaccine (HPV) was withdrawn from market, a government statement said, after two girls in the eastern Valencia region fell seriously ill hours after receiving them.

“One of the girls got out of intensive care this weekend and the other is still there. Both are in stable condition,” a Valencia health department spokeswoman told AFP.

The two girls were vaccinated last week as part of a vast government vaccination programme targeting adolescents.

Source: Yahoo News, 10 February 2009.

VAN UK’S Comment: I find it interesting that Spain withdraws the vaccine after 2 girls fall ill, yet we have a girl paralysed in this country and 29 deaths so far in the States, and no one has done anything.