The study found that well-designed public health messaging may match or exceed the impact of short chatbot conversations.
Alabama, which has long had some of the highest cervical cancer mortality rates in the country, is the first state to launch a program to eliminate the disease (part 3 of 3).
The human papillomavirus (HPV) now causes more head and neck cancers than cervical cancers (part 2 of 3).
Erica Stum was a mother, a teacher, and a cervical cancer advocate. An HPV vaccine could have saved her life (part 1 of 3).
The findings underscore the need for more education as some sexually transmitted infections increase, the authors say.
States in the Northeast had significantly higher odds of HPV vaccine uptake, while states in the South had lower odds.
We have a vaccine that prevents cancer, and one of the biggest fumbles in modern public health was not branding it that way from the start.
Advocates urge parents to vaccinate their children against HPV, which causes 90% of cervical cancers.
HPV vaccines reduce the risk of cervical cancer by 80% in women vaccinated by age 16, and aren’t associated with serious side effects, a new report finds.
A large US study finds high rates of infection among younger women, a dip in midlife, and an increase starting at age 70.
