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61 percent fall in female genital warts due to free HPV vaccine

GPs in Australia are managing 61 per cent less cases of genital warts among young women since the introduction of the national human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program, a new study from the University of Sydney...

8 September, 2014

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Virus linked to deadly cancer rates in China

Medical researchers at a leading Australian university recently uncovered an alarming link between a common virus and the quadrupling of a string of deadly cancers in China, Xinhua news agency reported. The deadly Human...

13 December, 2013

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Single HPV vaccine dose may protect adequately

Women who receive only one dose of a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine have readily detectable antibody levels that remain stable for four years, suggesting that one dose of the vaccine may be adequate to confer...

8 November, 2013

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CDC raises alarm that HPV vaccine Is ‘grossly underutilized’

Only a third of American teenage girls 13 to 17 were fully vaccinated against human papillomavirus virus (HPV) in 2012, a figure that declined somewhat in comparison with 2011, The New York Times reports. HPV is a main...

5 August, 2013

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Adult HPV vaccination has limited impact

The Costa Rica Vaccine Trial for human papillomavirus (HPV) in young women has had a “modest” impact on gynecologic outcomes in the first few years of the program. Data shows that the impact of vaccination on rates of...

29 July, 2013

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HPV implicated in one third of throat cancer cases, but vaccines may help

The human papillomavirus, which was known to cause many cases of cervical cancer, is now strongly associated with throat cancers. Luckily, evidence shows that vaccines could prevent the cancers from developing. Michael...

22 July, 2013

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CDC: HPV vaccine reduced disease rates in teen girls by 56 percent

Rates of HPV strains related to genital warts and some cancers have decreased 56 percent among American teen girls since a vaccine was introduced in 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported...

20 June, 2013

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Potential new vaccine could eliminate cervical cancer

Encouraging results have recently emerged regarding a new vaccine which suggests that with continued development the elimination of cervical cancer could be on the cards. The new vaccine targets the human papillomavirus...

10 June, 2013

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Early HPV vaccination significantly reduced condylomata incidence

Initial vaccinations for HPV for women aged younger than 14 years significantly reduced the incidence of condylomata acuminata, according to study results. However, out-of-pocket vaccination costs influenced vaccine...

25 March, 2013

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Why teens may be behind on vaccinations

A new survey finds even though vaccines for certain teenage illnesses are available and are found to be safe, many parents aren’t having their teens inoculated. The question is why? Researchers looked at parent...

20 March, 2013

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