After a more than five-year hiatus, regional public health nurses will be returning to schools at the Halton Catholic District School Board to administer the HPV vaccine to Grade 8 female students.
During a sometimes raucous board meeting Tuesday evening (Nov. 5) — in front of a rare packed audience that was mostly against allowing the vaccine to be given on board property — trustees voted 6-2 in favour of reversing a policy hat had not permitted vaccinations against the human papilloma virus (HPV).
HPV is a common virus, with many strains, that is spread through sexual activity. It is the primary cause of cervical cancer and can also cause genital warts and other cancers in women and men.
The board ban had been in effect since a previous slate of trustees voted in June 2008 to stop it from being administered to Grade 8 females at its schools effective September 2008. (more...)
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