2-11-2025 Title of Show: Gardasil: In Constant Controversy

In this episode of Nurses Out Loud, the nurses discuss a vaccine that has been controversial for its entire existence: Merck’s Gardasil. From the clinical trials, marketing, moral and ethical debates, reformulations, efficacy data, and new concerns about DNA contamination, this vaccine has had no shortage of scandals.

• HPV and cervical cancer overview
• Gardasil clinical trials
• Latest controversy: DNA contamination