HPV vaccinations

Community Health

Gynecologists cheer FDA decision to expand HPV vaccine to older adults

Gynecologists hope the federal Food and Drug Administration's decision to approve human papillomavirus vaccine for older adults could protect more people.…
Community Rx (old)

Health News Headlines: New Hep C Treatment Could Lead To Fewer Cases Of Liver Cancer

From the impact of the HPV vaccine on cervical cancer rates to a new 3-drug treatment for Hepatitis C, Sound Medicine's Jill Ditmire reports this week's…
Research

Increased Knowledge Of HPV Vaccines Does Not Predict A Higher Rate Of Vaccination, Penn Study Finds

PHILADELPHIA — “Knowledge is power” is an old saying. Another cliché warns, “a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.” When it comes to getting inoculated…
Sound Medicine Radio Hour

Sound Medicine: September 7, 2014

The "Sound Medicine" program for September 7, 2014 includesFlorida cuts drug overdosesLiving with hemophiliaFor poison ivy, try dish soap, says IU…
Community Rx (old)

U.S. Teens Still Lag In Getting Vaccinated Against HPV

Nicholas St. Fleur

Eight years after the FDA approved the first vaccine against HPV, only 57 percent of female teens and 35 percent of male teens have been inoculated, the CDC says. Are doctors partly to blame?
Community Rx (old)

Are Two Doses Of The HPV Vaccine As Effective As Three?

http://media.soundmedicine.org/segments/072113_1.mp3The human papillomavirus vaccine was introduced in 2006 as a three-step vaccine series that…

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