The HPV vaccine, called Gardasil-9 — which has no live virus and is completely non-infectious — protects against the six types of HPV most likely to cause cancer, Eckert says. (These are strains 6, 11 ...

More than 70 different strains of HPV have been identified, and specific subtypes have been associated with a greater risk of progression to dysplasia and cervical cancer. A better knowledge of ...

however the majority of oncogenic HPV infections were also cleared within 24 months. The incidence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) is tenfold higher than the incidence of dysplasia in ...

From 2008 to 2022, the incidence of cervical precancers fell by 80% among screened women aged 20 to 24 years, supporting recommendations for HPV vaccination at ages 11 to 12 years, researchers wrote ...

A new government report adds to evidence that the HPV vaccine, once called dangerous by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is preventing cervical cancer in young women.

A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reasserts the HPV vaccine’s effectiveness in preventing cervical cancer in young females. The February 27 report builds ...

which means you won't know you have it unless you receive a positive HPV test. These are typically performed as part of regular cervical cancer screening, either on its own or oftentimes in tandem ...

Human papillomavirus (HPV) tests in the province will replace Pap tests, also known as Pap smears or cervical cytology, on March 3, following similar moves in British Columbia and Prince Edward ...