Possible Cervarix HPV Vaccine Related Death in the UK

A fourteen year old school girl has died in Coventry after being given the HPV vaccine Cervarix as a part of Britain's national HPV immunization campaign for teenage girls. The HPV vaccine protects against infection from some human papillomavirus types which are a cause of cervical cancer.

Rightwing Christians in Britain, have opposed the immunization effort because of the belief that fear of cervical cancer is a deterrent against pre-marital sex and immunization will encourage teenage girls to have pre-marital sex.