HPV in the News

11.09.10 - 'Equal Reduction' hope for cervical cancerTransmission rates for gential warts has plunged following the move to vaccinate young Austrailian women against the human papillomavirus (HPV), raising hopes of an "equal reduction" in its ultimate target, cervical cancer. The first national study into the mass inoculation, rolled out from 2007 and offering free vaccines to women aged up to 26

07.31.07 - New risks discovered for HPV: virus found under men's fingernails, pointing to more ways of it spreadingControversy continues to plague efforts to protect young women against cervical cancer by vaccinating them against HPV, the human papillomavirus, but one leading scientist's discovery could throw a monkey wrench into the debate. "We found HPV under the fingernails of young men," said Dr. Laura Koutsky, a University of Washington

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