The CDC recommends that children aged 11 and 12 get the HPV vaccine to protect them against cancer-causing strands of the virus before they become sexually active. It also recommends that adults ...

An Ohio State University study finds that many people lack crucial information about human papillomavirus transmission and ...

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 ...

New trends data show significant reduction in the incidence of precancerous lesions in young women since advent of vaccine.

A new study published in The Lancet HIV reveals gaps in knowledge surrounding the prevention of HPV-related cancers in people ...

The vaccine is typically given in a series of two doses 6 to 12 months apart for kids or teenagers, and three doses over the course of six months for adults and people who are immunocompromised.

Both young males and females should be vaccinated against HPV to prevent various cancer types, starting around age 11 or 12 in most cases. A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and ...

Data shows it can prevent six types of cancer. But anti-vaccine activists, including U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...