Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a virus from the papillomavirus family that is capable of infecting humans.
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Among girls and women who get their first human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine, the percent who complete all three doses is dropping, according to a new study.
One of the study's authors told Reuters Health she was aware the number of people completing the vaccine series was low to begin with, but she did not expect to see it getting even lower."We thought that that would be increasing over time as more people became aware of the vaccine and how it was to be administered," said Dr. Abbey Berenson, a professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston.The HPV vaccine, which goes by the brand names Gardasil and Cervarix, protects girls and women from the sexually-transmitted virus that's linked to cervical cancer.Girls as young as age nine can start the vaccine series, and catch-up vaccination is recommended for women up to age 26 who have not yet gotten their shots. The vaccine is given in three doses over a six-month period.One earlier study found that 48 percent of teenag...Doctors are testing women for human papillomavirus, or HPV—some strains of which have been linked to cervical cancer —more often than guidelines recommend, according...
A key federal advisory panel on Wednesday said it will not endorse HPV screening for cervical cancer and favors giving Pap tests only every three years in women betw...
Might infection by the human papillomavirus — now linked to cervical and throat cancers, among other ailments — also be tied to heart disease?A new study appearing i...
A vaccine to prevent cervical cancer , triggered by the human papillomavirus (HPV), has helped reduce the number of teenage girls developing abnormalities in their c...
As the debates rage on among GOP presidential hopefuls, one particular issue has caught my attention. Rep. Michele Bachmann , R-Minn., has entered a particularly bit...
CHICAGO - Half of men in the general population may be infected with human papillomavirus or HPV, the human wart virus that causes cervical and other cancers, streng...
Girls between the ages of 11 and 12 should be vaccinated against the human papillomavirus (HPV) before they become sexually active, according to recommendations rele...
When Michael Douglas announced on The David Letterman Show that he has throat cancer recently, concern and support poured out from fans around the world. Beyond the ...
New DNA tests looking for the virus responsible for most cases of cervical cancer make sense for all women aged 30 or over, since they can prevent more cases of canc...
Cervical cancer is diagnosed in over half a million women a year, making it the third most common type of cancer in women, according to the National Cancer Institute...
A vaccine to prevent cervical cancer offered strong protection against anal cancer in a large study of women in Costa Rica , adding to evidence that such vaccines ca...
A U.S. government-backed medical panel on Wednesday took a cautious view of a new generation of cervical cancer tests, discouraging women under the age of 30 to scre...
About 26,000 cases of cancer diagnosed in the U.S. each year are caused by infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV), according to a new government report.Of the...
The most effective way to reduce the spread of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections through a population is to aim public health efforts at vaccinating a very high ...
Some adolescent girls who get the HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer wrongly think they no longer need to practice safe sex, U.S. researchers said on Monday.The ...
Boys 11 years and up should get Merck & Co's Gardasil vaccine to protect them against HPV infections, which can cause genital warts as well as oral, penile and anal ...
If one person in a heterosexual couple has human papillomavirus (HPV), there's a 20 percent chance his or her partner will pick up the virus within six months, a new...
Testing women for human papillomavirus (HPV) may catch more pre-cancerous growths than standard cervical cancer screening does—but more evidence is needed before the...
Close to half of U.S. girls ages 13 and 17 have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV), but there is still a way to go to improve...
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