The HPV vaccine, called Gardasil-9 — which has no live virus and is completely non-infectious — protects against the six types of HPV most likely to cause cancer, Eckert says. (These are strains 6, 11 ...
There is no cure for human papillomavirus, or HPV, a viral infection that affects nearly 80 percent of the population by the ...
Unbeknownst to most people, cervical cancer, once a leading cause of death among women, is one of the only two preventable ...
Healthcare workers in Nasarawa State, have lamented the poor turnout of girls between the ages of 9 to 14 years across the 13 Local Government Areas of the state for vaccination against the deadly ...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HPV is responsible for approximately 37,800 cases of cancer in ...
The HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine helps prevent cervical cancer by protecting against high-risk strains of the virus ...
Increasing HPV vaccination rates could help decrease the number of cancer cases “attributable to HIV,” according to data from a study presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic ...
Despite its cancer-preventing potential, uptake is “nowhere near the 90 per cent it should be” across Canada, says the chair of an HPV immunization task force.
This survey investigates the knowledge, attitudes, and intentions of US Hispanic parents surrounding the HPV vaccine.
In a groundbreaking move, Miriam College and the Catholic Educators Association of the Philippines-National Capital Region (CEAP NCR) convened the first-ever HPV Summit for Private Schools on Saturday ...
Unbeknownst to most people, cervical cancer, once a leading cause of death among women, is one of the only two preventable cancers thanks to the HPV vaccine. This life-saving vaccine protects against ...