HPV Vaccine Required of Immigrants, but not Citizens

Note from Health Lover, Ilena Rosenthal:
I am very strongly against this requirement.
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By ROXANNA HAYNES
FOX8 News

GREENSBORO, N.C. (WGHP) -- In order to become a permanent, legal
resident of the U.S., immigrants now must receive a vaccine that is
not required of U.S. citizens.

The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine -- known as Gardasil -- is one
of five the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services recently added
to the required list. The vaccine works to prevent cervical cancer,
the leading cause of cancer death in women worldwide.

Ginky-Lee Torres, an immigration lawyer, questions the government's
decision to impose requirements on immigrants that go above and beyond
those on citizens.

"If the government is trying to take care of everyone, they should be
doing it also with the citizens," she said. "However, they don't have
the power to impose on you as a citizen what vaccination you have."

Immigrans must also get vaccines that protect against meningitis and
chicken pox, which are highly contagious. HPV is not.

Nya Flomo, who works with refugees, says the requirement is aimed at
protecting women who come from countries where access to the vaccine
is limited or nonexistent.

At $162 per dose, the three-dose vaccine is expensive. "It's a
financial burden, in addition to every other burden they have
financially in the applications," said Torres.