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.
initiation of routine HPV vaccination at age 11 or 12 years (the vaccination series can be started beginning at age 9 years) vaccination of females aged 13 through 26 years and of males aged 13 through 21 years who have not been vaccinated previously or who have not completed the 3-dose vaccination series.