HPV/Genital Warts News
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HPV Blamed for Rising Rates of Anal Cancer
Overall, anal cancer rates and deaths are increasing nearly 3% per year, making it one of the fastest-rising cancers.
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Studies Confirm HPV Shot Is Safe
New studies included millions of doses of Gardasil 9 vaccine, the only vaccine currently used in the United States for the prevention of HPV-related cancers.
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HPV 'Herd Immunity' Is on the Rise Among Adults
Oral HPV infections declined by 37% among unvaccinated 18- to 59-year-old men between 2009 and 2016, according to a Sept. 10 report in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Another Study Says HPV Shot Cuts Cervical Cancer
The younger the age at vaccination, the more effective the vaccine, the findings showed.
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How HIV Might Influence HPV Vaccination Rates
HPV infection is common, and healthy people often clear it from the body without developing cancer. But HIV infection weakens the immune system, making it more difficult to fight off HPV.
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HPV Infections in Decline, Thanks to Vaccines
The new study finds that rates of infection with HPV 16 or 18 -- the two strains most heavily implicated in cervical cancer -- have markedly declined between 2008 and 2014.
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Hands Don't Spread HPV, Study Finds
"Just because we detect HPV DNA in the hand doesn't necessarily mean the viral particles are viable or that there is enough to cause an infection," the study's lead author says.
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HPV Might Be Behind Vocal Cord Cancers in Young
Vocal cord, or glottic cancer, has been associated strongly with smoking and almost entirely seen in patients over 40 years, but today nonsmokers make up nearly half of glottic cancer patients, and it is common for them to be diagnosed under the age of
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Could HPV Be Tied to Heart Trouble in Women, Too?
Researchers found that among the women studied, those infected with "high-risk" strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) were somewhat more likely to develop heart disease or suffer a stroke over the next several years.
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Too Few Americans Get The HPV Vaccine
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.
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FDA Expands Gardasil to Cover Adults to Age 45
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.
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Study: HPV Vaccine Doesn't Hurt Girls' Fertility
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.
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HPV Vaccination Rates Rising Among U.S. Teens
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.
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Catch-Up HPV Shots Work for Teen Girls
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.
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No Link Between HPV Vaccine, Autoimmune Diseases
Of nearly 181,000 girls who were vaccinated, about 680 were diagnosed with an autoimmune disease between one week and two months later.
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Many Doctors Don't Push HPV Shots To Boys
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.
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Cancer-Causing HPV Can Hide in the Throat
Testing can detect HPV before it leads to cervical cancer. However, that's not the case for head and neck cancers, the researchers said.
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Repeat Infection Likely for Men With HPV
Men infected with genital human papillomavirus (HPV) are at high risk for reinfection with the same type of HPV, researchers say.
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HPV Vaccine Safe for Adult Women: Study
Analysis of millions of recipients finds no link to 44 different illnesses
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1 in 9 American Men Infected With Oral HPV
Vaccine provides protection, but number of boys getting shots remains low, researchers say
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HPV Shot May Even Protect Women Who Never Got It
'Herd immunity' effect shows U.S. females now less likely to contract the cancer-causing virus
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Fewer Than Half Of Teens Up To Date On HPV Vaccine
Rrates still lagging against the cancer-causing virus that's caused by sexual contact, CDC says
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4 in 10 U.S. Adults Under 60 Carry HPV
But vaccine should turn the tide against virus that can cause cancer, sexual health expert says
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HPV Vaccine Doesn't Eliminate Need for Pap Test
Women who've been immunized still need the screen every 3 to 5 years, cancer specialists say
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Nearly Half of U.S. Men Infected With HPV
Although a vaccine is available, too few are getting it when young
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