Healthcare professionals are focusing on improving understanding and acceptance of the HPV vaccine to protect against preventable cancers. Misconceptions about the vaccine's timing, purpose ...

Six individuals have received this year's Lasker Awards in the areas of basic research, clinical research, and public service ...

The CDC reports HPV vaccine has the potential to prevent more than 90% of cancers caused by HPV. There are a lot of questions and misconceptions about the vaccine. One of the most common claims by ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend two or three doses of the HPV vaccine starting around age 11 or 12 and through age 26. Some older adults may also choose to get the vaccine.

The prizes recognized the discoverers of B and T lymphocytes, pioneers in genetic engineering to fight breast cancer, and a nonprofit that helps get vaccines ... year’s Lasker Award, has ...

Opens in a new tab or window Share on LinkedIn. Opens in a new tab or window Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine coverage among teens remained stalled for a second consecutive year since the ...

James Chen, a professor of microbiology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, has won a Lasker Award for his discovery of an ...

Young men might have another reason to get their HPV vaccine. New research this month has found that men infected by high-risk strains of the human papillomavirus have increased counts of dead ...

Testing HPV-positive but 16- and 18-negative means an HPV infection is present, but it does not include HPV-16 or HPV-18, two types that pose a higher risk of cancer. HPV-16 and HPV-18 are high ...

It is also highly preventable with vaccination. This same vaccine can also prevent genital warts, a sexually transmitted infection, as well as HPV-related cancers for everyone! Get your HPV vaccine on ...

GLP-1 based drugs are transforming the treatment of obesity and opening up new avenues for addressing heart disease, ...

NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — As kids head back to school, there’s a list of vaccines they must have. In Virginia, the HPV shot is not one of them, but pediatricians highly recommend it as the only ...