An estimated 70% of throat cancers are attributed to HPV, the human papillomavirus. The Centers for Disease Control [CDC] ...

In general, head and neck cancers are treated with surgery, radiation, chemotherapy or a combination. However, head and neck ...

This type of cancer affects areas such as the tonsils and the base of the tongue, and its incidence has sharply increased over the past few decades. Recent studies indicate that more than 70% of ...

Head and neck cancers were typically tied to drinking or smoking, but doctors have discovered a link to sexual activity.

Although HPVs do express some unspliced mRNAs (Figure 2), most HPV mRNAs are the products of constitutive and alternative splicing. Constitutive splicing is where every intron in the primary RNA ...

Children are more likely than adults to experience a rash. Share on Pinterest Tonsillitis can cause swollen tonsils and white or yellow spots. Sometimes a pocket of pus can form, which a ...

In the early 1950s there were four vaccines routinely used in the United States: diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, and smallpox. Three of these vaccines (diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis) were ...

A major reason for suboptimal HPV vaccination coverage in the US is parental vaccine hesitancy. The COVID-19 pandemic and the vaccine had an impact on public trust in public health authorities, ...