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Events on Thursday 8 June 2006 1
2006HPV vaccine approvedFirst cancer-preventing vaccineThe FDA approved Gardasil, the first vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV), on June 8, 2006. HPV causes most cervical cancers, making it the first vaccine specifically designed to prevent a cancer.