In Health Watch: Today the FDA is considering whether the U.S should offer a vaccine that helps prevent cervical cancer in women - to men.That's because men carry the human papilloma virus.Karen Brown has more on the arguments for and against the idea.19 year old Stephanie Colon is trying to protect herself from the human papilloma virus.She says, 'It's three shots.'Soon she'll be vaccinated against HPV with Gardasil.Now the government is considering whether her male counterparts should do the same.Stephanie says, 'since men are carriers.. They should get it so they can not transmit it to us.'Dr. Jennifer Wu says, 'I think that spreading the vaccination to boys will be very effective in decreasing the rates of transmission of HPV.'HPV...causes 70 percent of cervical cancers in the United States.Since it was approved three years ago , 25 percent of women between the ages 9 and 26 have been vaccinated.In men, HPV causes genital warts and some cancers.Critics say it's not cost effective to vaccinate men, if many women are getting the shots.The treatment costs about 5 hundred dollars.24 million doses of Gardasil have been used in the US..But there are questions about it safety.The FDA has logged almost 14-thousand bad reaction among users.. including 39 deaths.A small percentage suffered seizures and paralysis .BUT the government says there is no proof..the vaccine is to blame.Dr. Wu says, 'there haven't been any adverse side effects that are directly linked to the vaccine.'Stephanie only had some soreness in her arm.. and she'll suggest it to her friends - guys included.HPV vaccines are already given to men in Australia, Mexico and parts of Europe.The CDC may make a recommendation by this fall.Karen Brown, CBS News, New York