Gardasil is a vaccine, licensed for use in June 2006, by the FDA. It targets four strains of human papillomavirus (HPV) -- HPV-6, 11, 16, and 18. HPV-16 and HPV-18 account for about 70% of all ...
January marks Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, a time to focus on the importance of prevention and early detection. One of ...
There are many cancer-causing types of HPV; types 16 and 18 cause 70 percent of cases of cervical cancer, while types 6 and 11 cause 90 percent of cases of genital warts. The Gardasil® vaccine—called ...
Viruses are everywhere in the world and can lead to a variety of illnesses like the common cold, upset stomachs, and even ...
New research has found the HPV vaccine can reduce cases of cervical cancer by nearly 90%. Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women around the world, killing more than 300,000 each ...
The human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine is cutting cases of cervical cancer by nearly 90%, the first real-world data shows. Cancer Research UK described the findings as "historic", and said it ...
The goal was to determine rates for the four routine adolescent vaccines: for tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis (Tdap), meningitis (MenACWY), HPV and the flu. After receiving parents’ or guardians ...
If you didn’t receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine when you were a pre-teen/teenager, you may want to consider getting it as an adult, especially if you’re recently divorced or widowed and ...