2006 Vaccine News from JHSPH

Ruth Karron Named Chair of FDA Advisory Committee
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
April 28, 2006
Ruth Karron, MD, professor in the Bloomberg School's Department of  International Health, was named chair of the U.S. Food and Drug  Administration's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee… Read more.

HPV Vaccine Holds Promise for Preventing Cervical Cancer
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
May 26, 2006
On May 18, an advisory committee recommended that the U.S. Food and Drug   Administration grant approval of a new vaccine, Gardasil™, which was shown   to prevent infection from human papillomaviruses (HPVs) that cause cervical cancer…Read more.