CDC - Human Papillomavirus (HPV) - Vaccine
NEW YORK, March 1, (AP): 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. The report comes after Kennedy pledged to give a family member any...
A new CDC report finds that rates of precancerous lesions detected in women ages 20 to 24 have decreased by nearly 80%, lesions that would likely develop into cervical cancer years later.
All smokers should receive the pneumococcal vaccine, advisors to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended in October. It is the first time smokers have ever been targeted for vaccination. The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended that all smokers ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) currently recommends children from ages 11 to 12 receive two doses of the HPV vaccine, given six to 12 months apart, although children can get the vaccine starting at age 9. Anybody under age 26 can get the HPV vaccine if they have n...
The rationale behind the recommendation is that the vaccine prevents genital warts and anal cancers in males, both of which can be caused by HPV
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.
疫苗被公认为是人类对抗传染病最有力的手段,但无法完全避免的严重不良反应以及偶合事件时有发生,成为一些民众出现疫苗犹豫(vaccine hesitancy)的主要原因。 例如最近网络上传言的疫苗接种后或出现白血病或I型糖尿病便引起了舆论的极大关注,即使医学专家们从专业角度解释说这些严重不良事件更有可能是偶合事件,但很多民众还是...
and those aged 25 years or older with underlying conditions that put them at high risk of complications from influenza should be at the front of the line when a vaccine for the currently circulating novel H1N1 influenza virus becomes available, according to advisors to the US Centers for Disease...
“Today’s decision from ACIP emphasizes what the data has shown –that the HPV vaccine is safe and effective for use in patients ages 27 to 45, and that use of the vaccine in this age group should be the result of shared decision-making between patients and their trusted physicians,” ...