Judicial Watch Uncovers Three Deaths Relating to HPV Vaccine

September 22, 2008

Event Reports Obtained from FDA Detail 1,637 Adverse Reactions to Gardasil

WASHINGTON, May 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Judicial Watch, the

public interest group that investigates and prosecutes government

corruption, today released documents obtained from the U.S. Food and Drug

Administration (FDA) under the provisions of the Freedom of Information

Act, detailing 1,637 reports of adverse reactions to the vaccination for

human papillomavirus (HPV), Gardasil. Three deaths were related to the

vaccine. One physician's assistant reported that a female patient "died of

a blood clot three hours after getting the Gardasil vaccine." Two other

reports, on girls 12 and 19, reported deaths relating to heart problems

and/or blood clotting.

As of May 11, 2007, the 1,637 adverse vaccination reactions reported to

the FDA via the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) included 371

serious reactions. Of the 42 women who received the vaccine while pregnant,

18 experienced side effects ranging from spontaneous abortion to fetal

abnormities.

Side effects published by Merck & Co. warn the public about potential

pain, fever, nausea, dizziness and itching after receiving the vaccine.

Indeed, 77% of the adverse reactions reported are typical side effects to

vaccinations. But other more serious side effects reported include

paralysis, Bells Palsy, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and seizures.

"The FDA adverse event reports on the HPV vaccine read like a catalog

of horrors," stated Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton. "Any state or

local government now beset by Merck's lobbying campaigns to mandate this

HPV vaccine for young girls ought to take a look at these adverse health

reports. It looks as if an unproven vaccine with dangerous side effects is

being pushed as a miracle drug."

Judicial Watch filed its request on May 9, 2007, and received the

adverse event reports from the FDA on May 15, 2007. Judicial Watch has

posted the adverse event reports on their Internet site at:

(A recent study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, also

questioned the general effectiveness of Gardasil.)

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