A CDC report shows a dramatic drop in precancerous HPV lesions in young women. Here’s why the HPV vaccine is beneficial.

However, vaccination can begin as early as age 9. HPV vaccine may be given at the same time as other vaccines. Two doses of HPV vaccination is given to those aged 9-14, 6-12 months apart.

Fewer precancerous lesions are being found in young women undergoing cervical cancer screenings thanks to the human ...

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.

Women in their 20s are the group most likely to have been given the HPV vaccine, which has been recommended in the U.S. since 2006 for girls at age 11 or 12 and since 2011 for boys the same age.

HADLAND. GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO. ALL RIGHT. DOCTOR HADLAND, WE’VE KNOWN FOR A WHILE THAT THE HPV VACCINE IS VERY EFFECTIVE AT PREVENTING CERVICAL CANCER LATER IN LIFE. SO WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING ...