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Studies: Merck vaccine safe, promotion unbalanced

Aug. 18, 2009
Two new studies by federal and academic researchers find low rates of side effects with cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil but dubious promotion tactics by maker Merck & Co. The vaccine blocks four types of the virus that causes cervical cancer. Reports to the...
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee
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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler