The Iowa Senate advanced a bill Monday that would remove a minor's ability to consent to receiving an HPV vaccine.

HPV, one of the most prevalent sexually transmitted infections, is the cause of nearly 36,000 cancer cases each year in the United States.

In 2023, only 45.2% of Iowa adolescents completed the HPV vaccine series, in comparison to the national rate of 61.4%. Tens of thousands of eligible Iowa adolescents each year do not receive the ...

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 ...

Medical experts reveal critical information about the growing link between HPV and oral cancer, prevention methods, and why ...

School immunization nurses will visit elementary schools throughout Simcoe-Muskoka from April to June to provide immunization ...

"When someone gets the HPV vaccine, they're building up immunity ... The vaccine is typically given in a series of two doses 6 to 12 months apart for kids or teenagers, and three doses over ...

Recent data indicates that only about 61% of adolescents ages 13 to 17 have completed the HPV vaccination series. Rates have stagnated in the last few years and lag far behind usage of other ...

Data shows it can prevent six types of cancer. But anti-vaccine activists, including U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have helped dampen its usage.

Last year, a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that only 61 percent of young adults are up to date on all HPV vaccines, which are given as a series of two or three shots, ...

Cervical cancer rates are on the rise among younger women, owing in part to a lack of screening and prevention.