Myth of the fat dodo. The birdâs obesity, slowness and lack of intelligence are commonly given as reasons for its alleged evolutionary inferiority. Dodoes were for years considered not just large, but grossly overweightâto the point that they not only couldnât fly, but could hardly run from their enemies.
The HPV strains that Gardasil protects against are sexually transmitted. The vaccine was approved in the US on June 8, 2006 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). In 2008, Gardasil was approved in 41 of U.S. states. The Gardasil vaccine has also been approved in 120 other countries.
The first time HPV was discovered was back in 1956 by a group of scientists. It was in 1984, when Harald zur Hausen discovered, cloned, and attributed cervical cancer to HPV 16 and 18.Throug his research, he has contributed to the production of the vaccines [6].ocal cases/outbreaks: About 20 million people in the US are already infected with the HPV virus and there is still approximately 6.2 million new cases being reported each year. 1% sexually active people in the US between the ages 15-49 years are estimated to have genital warts.