One of the most effective vaccines available was going to become more accessible—until RFK Jr. dismissed the CDC’s advisory ...

Vaccination programs have saved lives – and saved the Canadian economy and health care system significant resources as well ...

The vaccine is recommended for children because it works best before someone has been exposed to the virus. HPV is often spread through sexual contact, and the US Centers for Disease Control and ...

The HPV vaccine prevents infection by the HPV types responsible for most cervical cancers. Up until 2017, there were two vaccines available (Gardasil and Gardasil 9).

HPV vaccines have been administered in the U.S. since 2006, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health policy research group. Gardasil 9 was approved in 2014.

The HPV vaccine was first authorized in the U.S. for females in 2006, and for males in 2011. There has since been a more than 80% decline in HPV infections nationally, ...

The HPV vaccine, called Gardasil-9 — which has no live virus and is completely non-infectious — protects against the six ...

The HPV vaccine can protect against high-risk strains of the human papillomavirus, which can cause cancer. Human papillomavirus, or HPV, is a group of more than 200 related viruses that are spread ...

The HPV vaccine debuted in 2006 and is a “near-perfect prevention intervention for cervical cancer and other HPV-associated cancers,” said Dr. Ruanne Barnabas, ...