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Poland: Free HPV vaccinations for 12 and 13 year olds starting June 1

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NewsDesk @bactiman63 Starting June 1, it will be possible to vaccinate against HPV for children aged 12 and 13 free of charge. Registration starts on May 27, according to Polish health officials. Wherever...

Austria: HPV vaccination free of charge up to the age of 21

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Children, adolescents and young adults between the ages of 9 and 21 now receive the HPV vaccination free of charge. From February 1st, 2023 you can get vaccinated by family doctors, vaccination centers...

HPV testing is better than the Pap test at detecting cervical cancer

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A new paper in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute finds that testing for cervical cancer using HPV testing in addition to the Pap smear is unlikely to detect cancer cases that wouldn’t...

Gardasil 9 greatly reduces the risk of HPV infection and associated diseases: Moffitt study

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Cervical cancer is the second most common cause of cancer-related death worldwide, with almost 300,000 deaths occurring each year. More than 80 percent of these deaths occur in developing nations. The...

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HPV vaccine: 60 percent of parents choose to get cancer-preventing vaccine for their kids

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Six out of 10 U.S. parents are choosing to get the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for their children, according to a report published in this week’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The...

First global guidance for HPV vaccination for cervical cancer prevention

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The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) today issued a clinical practice guideline on human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination for the prevention of cervical cancer. This is the first guideline...

US Cancer Centers jointly endorse updated HPV vaccine recommendations

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As national vaccination rates for the human papillomavirus (HPV) remain low, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has again united with the 68 other National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated...

New subtype of cervical cancer identified

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A team of University of South Carolina scientists led by Carolyn Banister and Phillip Buckhaults has identified a new subtype of cervical cancer that, like most cervical cancers, is triggered by human...

Belize includes HPV vaccine to National Vaccine Program

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The Belize Ministry of Health hosted a press conference to speak on the inclusion of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine into the National Vaccine Schedule under the National Vaccine Program of the...

Gardasil 9 vaccine could curb cervical cancers and health costs if adopted widely: Yale

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A Yale-led study finds that a new vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV) would significantly reduce both cervical cancer incidence and healthcare costs if states coordinated policies to improve coverage. The...