Unbeknownst to most people, cervical cancer, once a leading cause of death among women, is one of the only two preventable ...

New trends data show significant reduction in the incidence of precancerous lesions in young women since advent of vaccine.

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.

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 ...

The vaccine is typically given in a series of two doses 6 to 12 months apart for kids or teenagers, and three doses over the course of six months for adults and people who are immunocompromised.

CHARLOTTE — A federal judge granted summary judgment in favor of Merck for part of the litigation involving the HPV vaccine, Gardasil. The rest of the case is still going on. Some patients claim the ...

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.