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...
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Protecting kids from cancer with HPV vaccine
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...
SHOULD KIDS START GETTING THE HPV VACCINE BEFORE AGE 11?
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...
HPV vaccine shows success in gay, bisexual men
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...
Few Young Adult Men Have Gotten the HPV Vaccine
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...
Safety of HPV vaccines in males
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...
HPV Vaccine for Adults: Who Needs It? Who Doesn’t?
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...
HPV Vaccine for 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 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...
Studies confirm safety of 9-valent HPV vaccination
(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...
New evidence shows why the HPV vaccine is as important for boys as girls
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...
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