‘Unlikely’ cancer vaccine caused teenage girl’s death

GLAXOSMITHKLINE’S cervical cancer vaccine Cervarix probably did not cause the death of a British teenager shortly after she was given the drug, a health official said yesterday.

“I think it is unlikely that will be the case,” said Caron Grainger, joint director of public health in the area where the 14-year-old girl died, when asked about the possibility of any connection between the death and Cervarix.

News of the death came shortly before a possible decision by US health regulators on whether to approve Cervarix for sale in the US.