Topping tonight's "Health Headlines", according to immigration advocates, a new requirement that girls as young as 11 be vaccinated against a sexually transmitted virus before they can become legal US residents is unfair.
The series of three shots over six months protects girls against the strains of the human papillomavirus or HPV, which is blamed for most cases of cervical cancer.
The federal rule added Gardasil to the list of vaccinations that female immigrants from 11 to 26 must get before they can obtain their green cards.
