Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers with the HPV vaccine. Recent research suggests that the U.S. is ...

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 ...

There is no cure for human papillomavirus, or HPV, a viral infection that affects nearly 80 percent of the population by the ...

While HPV prevention efforts have largely focussed on women, the virus poses significant health risks to men as well ...

Gardasil 9 is the only HPV vaccine used in the U.S., and it’s also one of the only vaccines on the market that actually ...

No woman has ever benefited from knowing less about her body. Alarmingly, being under-informed can have serious consequences ...

Single-cell analysis revealed the molecular triggers that drive stem cells to become cancerous, which may help inform ...

Cancer. In 1985, scientists used HeLa cells to find out that HPV (human papillomavirus), the most common sexually transmitted disease, can cause cervical cancer. The lead researcher behind the ...

These vaccines are nearly 100% effective if they're given prior to exposure to the HPV types they cover. And this is why the World Health Organization recommends them as a routine vaccination for ...

New CDC data on falling rates of precancerous cervical lesions in the U.S. underscore the benefits of HPV vaccination.

The HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine helps prevent cervical cancer by protecting against high-risk strains of the virus ...

High-risk strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) cause changes in the cells of the cervix that can, over time, lead to cervical cancer. While Pap tests are 50 to 70 per cent sensitive for ...