HPV/Genital Warts News

HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccination has increased in recent years, rates remain well below the government's 2020 goal of 80 percent of age-eligible adolescents, according to a recent report by the President’s Cancer Panel.

About 14 million Americans become infected with HPV every year, the CDC says. About 12,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer and about 4,000 women die from cervical cancer caused by certain HPV viruses.

Investigators who studied nearly 200,000 young women said they found no elevated risk of premature menopause after recommended vaccinations, including for the human papillomavirus.

Nearly 66 percent of boys and girls aged 13 to 17 received the first dose in the HPV vaccine series in 2017, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers. And nearly 49 percent of adolescents received all the recommended doses to complete the series. The human papillomavirus (HPV) causes most cases of cervical cancer.

In the United States, HPV vaccination is recommended for girls aged 11-12. For those who did not receive the vaccine at this age, catch-up vaccination has been recommended between ages 13 and 26.

Of nearly 181,000 girls who were vaccinated, about 680 were diagnosed with an autoimmune disease between one week and two months later.

HPV is a sexually transmitted virus that can cause cervical, vulvar, vaginal, penile, anal, mouth and throat cancers. The HPV vaccine is recommended as a routine childhood vaccination.

Testing can detect HPV before it leads to cervical cancer. However, that's not the case for head and neck cancers, the researchers said.

Men infected with genital human papillomavirus (HPV) are at high risk for reinfection with the same type of HPV, researchers say.

Analysis of millions of recipients finds no link to 44 different illnesses

Vaccine provides protection, but number of boys getting shots remains low, researchers say

'Herd immunity' effect shows U.S. females now less likely to contract the cancer-causing virus

Rrates still lagging against the cancer-causing virus that's caused by sexual contact, CDC says

But vaccine should turn the tide against virus that can cause cancer, sexual health expert says

Women who've been immunized still need the screen every 3 to 5 years, cancer specialists say

Although a vaccine is available, too few are getting it when young

Global study supports revised regimen for those under 15

Prevents lesions that could cause cervical cancer by 50 percent, researchers say

Boys and girls should start the HPV vaccine shots at age 11 or 12 to prevent cancer-related virus

Researchers say teen girls in mostly black and mostly white neighborhoods have lowest rates

Immunization protects against sexually transmitted disease, certain cancers, health experts say

Protection may go beyond cervical infection

Potentially cancer-causing infection appears to linger in males over 45

Researchers say findings provide more evidence supporting safety of the cervical cancer inoculation

Vaccination could prevent most cervical cancers, researcher notes