ANALYSIS: It's time to get outraged

By Wendell Potter

America's dysfunctional health care system is responsible for countless horror stories, but many folks aren't paying attention

Excerpts from this story referencing "HPV":

"… r companies or had riders attached that will not cover anything related to HPV, cervical cancer, medications, or treatments. Basically they will do nothi …"

FACT CHECK: Bachmann, Perry butt heads on STD vaccine

By FactCheck.Org

Republican candidates disagree on a wide range of topics: STD vaccines to Social Security

Excerpts from this story referencing "HPV":

"… ainst cervical, vulvar and vaginal cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) and genital warts caused by HPV. The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immuniza …"

"… l cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV) and genital warts caused by HPV. The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices later recomme …"

"… cervix, vagina and vulva, and in preventing genital warts caused by these HPV types."FDA, Aug. 20, 2009: This vaccine is an important cervical canc …"

FACT CHECK: An antidote for Bachmann’s anecdote

By FactCheck.Org

Republican's story of HPV vaccine leading to mental retardation is backed up by no scientific evidence, medical precedent

Excerpts from this story referencing "HPV":

"… y …"

"… ainst cervical, vulvar and vaginal cancers caused by human papillomavirus (HPV).Bachmann criticized the executive order as a "violation of a liberty inte …"

"… mprehensive look at the adverse events for a number of vaccines, including HPV.The IOM panel concluded "the evidence is strong and generally suggestive" …"

"… e is strong and generally suggestive" of a causal relationship between the HPV vaccine and anaphylaxis. Anaphylaxis is a severe allergic reaction th …"

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FACT CHECK: Fanciful ‘facts’ at Fox News debate

By FactCheck.Org

Candidates play fast and loose with facts about each other, history

Excerpts from this story referencing "HPV":

"… of every dollar spent. It’s really 37 cents. Bachmann denied suggesting HPV vaccine can cause mental retardation or is “potentially dangerous.” An …"

"… ’d be the first to contradict Bachmann’s “myth” claim.Bachmann’s HPV claimBachmann attempted to deny some of her own words about an anti-cancer …"

"… a suggestion that the vaccine caused it. But Bachmann did indeed call the HPV vaccine a “potentially dangerous drug” during the Sept. 12 CNN/Tea Par …"

Forty percent of Medicare spending on common cancer screenings unnecessary, probe suggests

By Rochelle Sharpe and Elizabeth Lucas

Forty percent of Medicare spending on common cancer screenings may be unnecessary

Excerpts from this story referencing "HPV":

"… could identify a strain of the sexually-transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV), which researchers had discovered caused virtually all cervical cancer.Th …"

"… ch researchers had discovered caused virtually all cervical cancer.The new HPV tests can detect 99  percent of cervical cancers and need to be …"

"… rate, missing as many as 30 percent of cancers. Even though the HPV tests have been on the market now for eight years, medical practice has ba …"

"… three years to conduct a Pap test, after negative findings on both Pap and HPV tests, a recent study found.“Sixty million women get Paps every year,” …"

Methodology

By Elizabeth Lucas, Robert Benincasa and David Donald

About the data collection and analysis for the Poisoned Places project

Excerpts from this story referencing "HPV":

"… Additionally, not all were flagged in the data as high priority violators (HPVs) as of August 2011. iWatch News and NPR placed watch list facilities into …"

"… bout inspections, enforcement actions, penalties and compliance, including HPV status. The HPV flag is activated when a facility has a high priority viol …"

"… , enforcement actions, penalties and compliance, including HPV status. The HPV flag is activated when a facility has a high priority violation, as define …"

"… . It is deactivated when the violation is fully resolved. In some cases an HPV flag can remain after a violation has been resolved.State or local agencie …"

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Heart testing bill signed by Perry required unnecessary tests, critics charge

By Rochelle Sharpe

Medical experts say measure signed by Perry requires unnecessary testing

Excerpts from this story referencing "HPV":

"… me two years after he signed a controversial executive order that mandated HPV vaccines for sixth grade girls — an order which the legislature quickly …"

"… islation to the controversy over Perry’s 2007 executive order to mandate HPV vaccines for young girls. “Does he favor state mandates for favored grou …"

The weekly watchdog: Nov. 14 - Nov. 18

By Bill Buzenberg

In case you missed them, catch up on this week's top investigations from iWatch News

Excerpts from this story referencing "HPV":

"… me two years after he signed a controversial executive order that mandated HPV vaccines for sixth grade girls — an order which the legislature quickly …"

FACT CHECK: Fact or fiction?

By FactCheck.Org

FactCheck.org calls out some of the biggest poliical lies of the year

Excerpts from this story referencing "HPV":

"… ys a lower tax rate than a teacher. Michele Bachmann endorsed a claim that HPV vaccine causes mental retardation. Joe Biden claimed rapes quadrupled in F …"

"… ally groundless claim, based on a story she said a stranger told her, that HPV vaccine somehow causes mental retardation. We found no scientific evidence …"

Options for cervical cancer check depend on age

By The Associated Press

Two U.S. medical groups calling again for less-frequent, more efficient cancer screenings, this time for cervical cancer

Excerpts from this story referencing "HPV":

"… t starting at age 30, you could choose to be tested for the cancer-causing HPV virus along with your Pap — and get checked every five years instead, sa …"

"… studies have shown that too many doctors are giving younger women routine HPV tests, contrary to long-standing advice. Even patients have wondered if it …"

"… never been screened, or have gone many years between checks, Peipert noted.HPV tests can add an extra layer of information, if they're used correctly. Ro …"

"… can add an extra layer of information, if they're used correctly. Routine HPV screening is not for women younger than 30, the guidelines stress. HPV is …"