HPV vaccine

Significant decline of genital warts in young women
07/20/2012 - 08:55

The incidence of condyloma or genital warts (GW) is significantly declining in young women, according to a novel register study from Karolinska Institutet. The researchers suggest that this recent development may be explained by the introduction of the national HPV vaccine programme in Sweden.

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No evidence for potential competition between human papillomavirus types in men
11/10/2011 - 14:26

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recently recommended that teenage boys be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus.
 

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Clinical Trial Shows First Evidence That Anal Cancer Is Preventable
10/27/2011 - 12:43

Anal cancer is caused by infection with human papilloma virus (HPV), the most common sexually-transmitted pathogen in the United States. The virus also causes cervical cancer in women, and the vaccine is already approved and routinely recommended to prevent this condition. The new clinical trial suggests that the same vaccine would also protect men, and likely women, against anal cancer.

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Pediatricians in appalachia less likely to recommend HPV vaccine
09/28/2011 - 09:01

Pediatricians in Appalachia are less likely than doctors in other areas to encourage parents to have their children receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, according to a new study.

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