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HPV vaccine

July 2024

  • A health worker in protective gear, carrying a large checklist, approaches a mother and baby at their door

    War is lead cause behind huge drop in global vaccinations, UN warns

    Vaccine misinformation has added to crisis of collapsed healthcare and poor nutrition, Unicef and WHO report

March 2024

  • People in hazmat suits at the Serum Institute India in Pune

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    India gets its own HPV vaccine to stop 70,000 women dying of cervical cancer a year

    It has taken 18 years for India to produce its own affordable version to tackle the country’s second-biggest cause of cancer deaths among women

February 2023

  • Woman getting vaccine

    Australia on track to eliminate cervical cancer by 2035 amid rising HPV vaccination rates

    Experts call for public access to vaccine for all young people after free school program reduces infection rate by 92%

August 2022

  • Nurse holding syringe

    HPV vaccine after removal of precancerous cells may cut cervical cancer risk

    Study finds reduced risk of cervical cancer recurring after HPV vaccination post-surgery, though further research is needed

March 2022

  • A child is given the HPV vaccine

    HPV vaccine recipients may only need one smear test in their lives, expert says

    Change in screening programme could come as result of dramatic reductions in cervical cancer

November 2021

  • Papilloma virus (HPV)

    Children urged to get HPV jab after Covid saw sharp drop in uptake

    Exclusive: vaccine cuts cervical cancer cases by 87% but thousands missed out on jab due to pandemic

February 2021

  • Women may avoid GP tests because of fear of catching Covid-19, embarrassment and cultural differences.

    Home smear tests to be trialled in London, following lockdown delays

    Self-testing hailed as a ‘gamechanger’ in preventing cervical cancers for women who are reluctant to attend GP surgeries

October 2020

  • Health workers prepare to give an HPV injection to a pupil during a free vaccination service in Indonesia.

    HPV vaccine helps prevent invasive cervical cancer, landmark study shows

    Research is first to show vaccination helps protect against more than just pre-cancerous changes

February 2020

  • Evelyn Ayo, a vaccinator at the Reproductive Health Uganda clinic in Gulu, administers an HPV vaccine

    Women can be protected from cervical cancer – so why aren't we doing it?

    Nelly R Mugo
    Amid a global shortage of HPV vaccine, more must be done to steer supplies towards those most at risk: girls in poor countries

January 2020

  • HPV Vaccinations Back In Spotlight After Perry Joins Presidential Race<br>MIAMI, FL - SEPTEMBER 21: A bottle of the Human Papillomavirus vaccination is seen at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine on September 21, 2011 in Miami, Florida. The vaccine for human papillomavirus, or HPV, is given to prevent a sexually transmitted infection that can cause cancer. Recently the issue of the vaccination came up during the Republican race for president when Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) called the vaccine to prevent cervical cancer “dangerous” and said that it may cause mental retardation, but expert opinion in the medical field contradicts her claim. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, also a presidential contender, has taken heat from some within his party for presiding over a vaccination program in his home state.

    Mass cervical cancer vaccine rollout could save 62 million lives in next 100 years

    Studies project rapidly deploying HPV vaccine in 78 of the world’s poorest countries could help prevent more than 74 million cases
  • Nurse prepares vaccine

    HPV infections nearly eliminated in England under vaccine scheme

    Figures boost hopes that cases of cervical cancer will fall, but separate study questions link

    • Cervical cancer could be eliminated in England, experts say

    • Cervical cancer is an avoidable disease – in theory, at least

    • Broadest ever therapeutic HPV vaccine to be tested in clinical trial

November 2019

  • A woman and medical figure in a GP surgery/ward

    Cervical cancer self-tests may be key smear alternative – study

    Swabs or urine self-sampling could be less invasive at identifying high-risk women

September 2019

  • The HPV vaccine protects girls against the main cause of cervical cancer and boys aged 12 will now get the jab

    Cancer charity fears for boys and men who miss out on HPV vaccination

    Teenage Cancer Trust says more than a million males aged 13 to 24 should get same jab as girls

July 2019

  • The human papilloma virus

    HPV vaccine to be given to boys in effort to slash cancer rates

    Move by NHS could prevent more than 100,000 cancers across UK by 2058

April 2019

  • Female, light skin tone

    My life in sex
    My life in sex: the woman with HPV

  • The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is currently given as an injection into the upper arm.

    HPV rates tumble after routine vaccination

February 2019

  • A bottle of HPV vaccine

    Cervical cancer could be eliminated in most countries by 2100 – research

    Millions of cases could be prevented with high HPV vaccine and screening coverage
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