While some STI symptoms, such as vaginal discharge, ulcers, and burning, are common, others may be more subtle or ...

For example, although the Philippines ranks among the countries with the highest cervical cancer incidence rate at 15.51 per 100,000 women, it has a relatively lower estimated cost per case.

A new liquid biopsy blood test could help detect cases of human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated head and neck cancers with significantly higher accuracy than currently used methods, including ...

Introduction Human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling test kits may increase screening for and early detection of cervical cancer and reduce its burden globally. To inform WHO self-care guidelines, we ...

For example, the KEN SHE randomized trial out of Kenya showed that one dose of Gardasil 9 or Cervarix was 98% effective in preventing HPV 16/18 infection up to 3 years post-vaccination.

Human papillomavirus (HPV) causes nearly 38,000 cancers a year, including most cervical and throat cancers. Now recent research suggests HPV infection also increases the risk of heart disease.

In one stunning recent example, Scotland said in 2024 that, of girls in the country who were born between 1988-1996 and had been vaccinated in time, none had been diagnosed with cervical cancer.

HPV is mostly transmitted sexually but can also be transmitted by fomites, which, when, for example, an infected individual uses a washcloth in their private area, can be passed to another ...

According to the CDC, the most common side effects from the HPV vaccine are normally mild, such as a sore arm from the shot, for example, and it is a safe and effective way to prevent the virus.

The HPV vaccine is recommended — though not publicly funded — for women ages 19 to 45, males ages 19 to 26, and males 27 and older who have sex with men.

To analyze how the incidence of cervical cancer has changed since the introduction of the HPV vaccine, investigators tracked cervical precancers (CIN2+ and CIN3+) in five U.S. areas from 2008 to ...