By Annalisa Merelli A nurse injects HPV vaccine into the arm of a young person A nurse delivers a dose of the HPV vaccine at a college western France in October 2023.DAMIEN MEYER/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGESAhistoric new study out of Scotland shows the real-world impact of vaccines against the human papillomavirus: The country has detected...
by Deb Balzer, Mayo Clinic Gardasil vaccine and box. Image: Wikipedia As the back-to-school checklist grows, one detail that parents and caregivers should prioritize is ensuring all children have their appropriate vaccines. Mayo Clinic’s Dr. Kim Barbel Johnson says the HPV vaccine should be part of a routine vaccination schedule. It’s a preventive measure that can save lives later. “HPV...
Approximately 45,300 cancers related to human papillomavirus (HPV) occur in the US every year. HPV vaccination has the potential to prevent up to 80% of these cancers. While raising HPV vaccination rates has been a public health priority since 2014, improving these numbers has been slow and uneven. Understanding ways to increase and sustain HPV vaccination...
by Monash University Gardasil vaccine and box. Image: Wikipedia A study by Monash University and Alfred Health found a 70 percent reduction in one type of human papillomavirus (HPV) in gay and bisexual men after the implementation of the school-based HPV vaccination program. The HYPER2 study, published in Lancet Infectious Diseases, and led by Associate Professor Eric...
But they should: A cancer found in the throat is now the leading cancer caused by HPV — and 80% of those diagnosed are men. The COVID-19 vaccine isn’t having any trouble attracting suitors. Image credit: Ministerio de Defensa del Perú via Wikimedia (CC BY 2.0) But there’s another, an older model that’s been mostly ignored by...
WILEY Human papilloma virus (HPV) is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections and cases various cancers in women and men. There are currently three vaccines available, and their efficacy and safely have been thoroughly assessed in females but not males. A new analysis published in the British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology shows that HPV vaccines...
Sandra Adamson Fryhofer, MD, MACP, FRCP DISCLOSURES February 12, 2020 This transcript has been edited for clarity. Hello. I’m Dr Sandra Fryhofer. Welcome to Medicine Matters. The topic? HPV vaccine for mid-life adults. Who needs it? Who doesn’t? A new study was published in JAMA Network. HPV, the human papilloma virus, causes cancer—as many as...
A new study was published in JAMA Network. HPV, the human papilloma virus, causes cancer—as many as 44,000 cancers in the United States each year. An HPV vaccine is available and protects against nine virus types: Types 6 and 11 cause 90% of all anogenital warts; High-risk types 16 and 18 cause 64% of HPV-related...
(HealthDay)—The safety of the 9-valent human papillomavirus vaccine (9vHPV) has been confirmed, according to two studies published online Nov. 18 in Pediatrics. Tom T. Shimabukuro, M.D., M.P.H., from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, and colleagues searched the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) for reports of adverse events (AEs) after 9vHPV...
By MATTHEW HERPER @matthewherper Earlier this year, the biotech community mourned the loss of Michael Becker, a former pharmaceutical industry executive who turned his cancer into a teaching moment. In 2018, we watched on his blog as cancer drugs failed him, as he became hale and hearty as he stopped chemo, and then as the...
