Gardasil is a vaccine, licensed for use in June 2006, by the FDA. It targets four strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) -- HPV-6, 11, 16, and 18. HPV-16 and HPV-18 account for about 70% of all ...

Picture this: It’s circa 2012 and I’m 13 years old, sitting awkwardly in my doctor’s office for my yearly physical, learning about the HPV vaccine. My doctor has just explained that the ...

She never received the HPV vaccine, Gardasil-9, and believes if she had, she would have never developed this cancer. When the ...

Kennedy Jr., has reignited the conversation around the common sexually transmitted infection—by villainizing the vaccine that fights it. Gardasil 9 is the only HPV vaccine used in the U.S., and ...

The reduction, which happened between 2008 and 2022, is consistent with the widespread use of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine since it was approved by the FDA in 2006. Many people ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. For diseases that are slow to spread and develop, it's not always easy to tell if a vaccine is effective. But just 3 years into an HPV ...

The first trial of an AI (Artificial Intelligence)-powered chatbot designed to inform parents about the HPV vaccine has shown that it increases vaccine uptake and engagement with health professionals.

The Department of Health (DOH) said on Wednesday that it is considering a single-dose Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for young female students to expand immunization coverage. During a media ...