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It still says Gardasil is okay. So does the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). The vaccine “prevents four viruses that account for about 70 percent of cervical cancers” according to its manufacturer, Merck. But this summer complaints from parents of girls who suffered serious side effects after taking the drug trained a national spotlight on the vaccine. CBS News reported in July that there were “more than a dozen deaths and 8,000 adverse reactions” to the vaccine. But the FDA says it has detected no common pattern in the deaths indicating that the vaccine caused them. The federal agency says the vaccine is an important preventive. More than 4,000 women in the United States die every year from cervical cancers that are caused by the sexually transmitted viruses Gardasil prevents. The FDA says benefits of the vaccine outweigh any risks. To be effective, it must be administered to young girls before sexual activity begins.