pediatricians, gynecologists and even health insurers all call gardasil, the first vaccine to prevent cervical cancer, a big medical advance. but medical groups, politicians and parents began rebelling after disclosure of a behind-the-scenes lobbying campaign by gardasil's maker, merck & co., to get state legislatures to require 11- and 12-year-old girls to get the three-dose vaccine as a requirement for school attendance.
