CDC: 1 in 4 girls got cervical cancer shot

Courtesy CNN.com - Health  Thu, 10/09/2008 - 3:10pm

About one in four teen girls last year got the groundbreaking vaccine that prevents cervical cancer, federal health officials reported Thursday.



 

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