Yalies petition for vaccine
One week after the Yale chapter of Colleges Against Cancer started a petition calling on the University to subsidize the HPV vaccine Gardasil, over 1,200 Elis have signed on to the cause.
Currently, neither the standard nor Prescription Plus forms of the Yale Health Plan cover the $360 vaccine, which protects against two virus strains that cause 70 percent of cervical cancers. While YCAC organizers said they are pleased with students’ support for the petition, which calls for the University to totally or partially subsidize the vaccinations, Yale administrators cited the cost,...
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