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NORTH CAROLINA: “Guilford Holds First HPV Clinics for Middle School Girls”
MyFox8.com (Greensboro) (10.06.09)

Two Guilford County middle schools – Brown Summit Middle School and Lincoln Academy – on Tuesday held the first of several grant-funded clinics to administer the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine Gardasil to girls in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. Additional clinics were announced for Guilford Middle School and Jackson Middle School (Oct. 7) and Northeast Middle School and Ferndale Middle School (Oct. 13.). Each site will hold follow-up clinics in the coming six months to give girls the required second and third injections. Parents of girls in the targeted grades received an informational packet about the immunization program; they must sign a consent form and provide insurance information in order for their daughters to take part. Gardasil protects against the strains of HPV that cause most cases of cervical cancer and genital warts. The clinics are providing the vaccine free of charge thanks to a grant from the Duke Endowment.