If HPV is left untreated, it can cause cervical and head and neck cancers. Earlier years, the vaccine targeted four strains ...

Partnering with dental clinics to offer HPV vaccines to eligible children and adolescents improved vaccination rates by more ...

Professor Rim Abdelmalek, an infectious disease specialist, confirmed that the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is safe and ...

National HPV conference in Indianapolis aims to find answers and collaborate towards prevention and treatment of the sexually transmitted virus.

At its meeting on Tuesday, the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) considered whether the U.S. should ...

In the first meeting of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) ...

A recent survey conducted by the Ohio State Wexner Medical Center highlights significant gaps in public understanding of ...

High rates of vaccination can achieve herd immunity, the indirect protection of a community from an infectious disease. It can also be achieved through natural infection, but it leads to more severe ...

The measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine is highly effective, with one shot offering 93% protection against measles and a second shot raising it to 97%. The first dose is recommended between 12 and ...

meningitidis military personnel who are at increased risk of meningococcal disease close contacts of a case of IMD and for individuals at risk in an outbreak setting if the disease is caused by a ...

Measles patients with breakthrough cases typically have milder illness. As measles has spread across the United States, the overwhelming majority of cases have been among unvaccinated people or ...

GODOY: And, you know, it's not just the measles vaccine. Sirota says some patients are worried about access to the HPV vaccine, which protects against cervical cancer. Kennedy has been involved in ...