Suzanne Nelson is a freelance journalist and writer living in New Orleans. She spent five years covering Congress for Roll Call Newspaper in Washington, D.C., and now focuses on subjects pertaining to health.
She also maintains a health blog at honesthuman.com.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006 It's Not Just Religious Conservatives Who Oppose Mandatory HPV Vaccination
News coverage about the new vaccine to ostensibly prevent cervical cancer has been so focused on sex politics that the real debate has been ignored. What about its long-term safety? Does the state really have a compelling interest to mandate vaccines for a disease that isn't transmitted by casual contact? Do parents have any say in the health decisions for their adolescent girls? This is about much more than pre-marital sex.
