HPV is a common virus with over 200 types, some causing cancer. The HPV vaccine protects against cervical, throat, and anal ...

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 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 ...

Data shows it can prevent six types of cancer. But anti-vaccine activists, including U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., have helped dampen its usage.

The HPV vaccine protects against the strains of HPV that cause these ... FNP-C, a co-author, standing in front of their poster at the 2025 NAPNAP conference in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo ...

Kong told MedPage Today that previous research has found that vaccine uptake and completion varies by race and ethnicity, ...

Researchers examined HPV vaccination rates in young adults in 2018, 2019 and 2022, and found that although rates increased between 2018 and 2019, there was no significant change between 2019 and 2022.

The HPV vaccine has been shown to be safe and effective in preventing these cancers. The age limit for who can and should get the HPV vaccine has risen since the vaccine was approved in 2006. People ...

Researchers have found a steep drop in deaths from cervical cancer, all thanks to the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine. American women aged under 25 between 2016 and 2021—who were the first ...

The HPV vaccine is recommended for boys and girls beginning at age nine, preferably between the ages of 11 and 12. It used to only be FDA-approved and therefore recommended up to age 26, ...