One of the most effective vaccines available was going to become more accessible—until RFK Jr. dismissed the CDC’s advisory ...

Kennedy’s decision to replace ACIP wholesale and the comments he has made about deviating from standard vaccine policymaking ...

HPV vaccines have been administered in the U.S. since 2006, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health policy research group. Gardasil 9 was approved in 2014.

The vaccine is recommended for children because it works best before someone has been exposed to the virus. HPV is often spread through sexual contact, and the US 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 Jr., have helped dampen its usage.

The HPV vaccine protects against the strains of HPV that cause these ... FNP-C, a co-author, standing in front of their poster at the 2025 NAPNAP conference in Chicago, Illinois. (Photo ...

Researchers have found a steep drop in deaths from cervical cancer, all thanks to the HPV (human papillomavirus) vaccine. American women aged under 25 between 2016 and 2021—who were the first ...

The percentage of women who received at least one HPV vaccine dose rose from 30.5% in 2009-2010 to 55.1% in 2017-2018. For men, rates rose from 8.3% in 2011-2012 to 36.4% in 2017-2018.

Recent statistics show that HPV coverage for year eight female secondary school students was 72.9% in 2023-24, down from 86.9% back in 2017-18.

U.S. health officials have expanded the recommended age range for people receiving the HPV vaccine to protect against several types of cancer to people in their mid-40s. MSK physicians offers advice ...

The HPV vaccine is recommended for boys and girls beginning at age nine, preferably between the ages of 11 and 12. It used to only be FDA-approved and therefore recommended up to age 26, ...