Can we do more to get college students vaccinated against HPV?

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English - January 20, 2023 11:00 - 11 minutes - 7.96 MB
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Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted infection globally, more than 80% of sexually active people will be infected at some point. It can cause genital warts and several types of cancer. Although a vaccine against HPV infection has been available since 2006, vaccination rates in the US remain low.

This has led to Roanna Kessler and John Gentile, at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA, accepting the challenge of improving vaccination awareness and increasing vaccination rates among college students.

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Read some of their latest work here: https://doi.org/10.32907/RO-129-2520902226