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 ...

U.S. health officials have expanded the recommended age range for people receiving the HPV vaccine to protect against several types of cancer to people in their mid-40s. MSK physicians offers advice ...

Gardasil 9 is the only HPV vaccine used in the U.S., and it’s also one of the only vaccines on the market that actually ...

My medical degree and conversations with doctors helped me understand why it makes sense for adolescents to be vaccinated, writes Clara Wilhelm.

The study found that although there was low human papillomavirus knowledge, most Hispanic parents intended to vaccinate their children.

Eduardo Franco has served as an occasional paid consultant to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies involved with HPV vaccines (GSK, Merck), HPV diagnostics (Digene Corp., Roche, Gen-Probe ...

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, HPV is responsible for approximately 37,800 cases of cancer in the U.S. each year. A safe and well-tolerated vaccine can prevent about 90% ...

A new government report adds to evidence that the HPV vaccine, once called dangerous by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is preventing cervical cancer in young women.

Fewer precancerous lesions are being found in young women undergoing cervical cancer screenings thanks to the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. Rates of precancerous lesions in women between the ...

SrdjanPav/Getty Images A recent CDC report builds on existing evidence showing the effectiveness of the HPV vaccine for preventing cervical cancer. While HPV is commonly associated with females ...