Merck lobbies states over cancer vaccine
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070130/ap_on_he_me/cervical_cancer"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20070130/capt.27c220be6dbf478b9a36e2a6a29c56e0.cervical_cancer_nyol982.jpg?x=130&y=84&sig=UC2lF9OGiaFx_CcwJE.eKw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="Merck & Co. headquarters in Whitehouse Station, N.J. is shown in this 2004 file photo. Merck is helping bankroll efforts to pass state laws requiring girls as young as 11 or 12 to receive the drugmaker's new vaccine against the sexually transmitted cervical-cancer virus. (AP Photo/Daniel Hulshizer, FILE)" border="0" /></a>AP - Merck & Co. is helping bankroll efforts to pass state laws requiring girls as young as 11 or 12 to receive the drugmaker's new vaccine against the sexually transmitted cervical-cancer virus.</p><br clear="all"/>