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FDA Approves First Self-Test Collection Kit for HPV
WEDNESDAY, May 15, 2024 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a kit that will allow women to collect their own vaginal sample for HPV screening, a move that could increase early...
School Entry Rules Boost Kids' HPV Vaccination Rates
WEDNESDAY, May 1, 2024 – Getting the HPV shot in adolescence can spare kids a lifetime of risk for cervical and other cancers related to the virus, but only half of American kids are up-to-date on...
AACR: At-Home HPV Testing Boosts Cervical Cancer Screening Participation
FRIDAY, April 12, 2024 – Mailed at-home self-sampling for human papillomavirus (HPV) testing increases cervical cancer screening participation in underscreened populations by almost threefold, ac...
Disparities Seen in HPV Vaccine Uptake Among U.S. Adults
FRIDAY, March 29, 2024 – There are sociodemographic disparities in human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine uptake among 27- to 45-year-olds, according to a study published online March 28 in Human ...
Advantaged Households Have Lower Intent to Vaccinate Teens Against HPV
FRIDAY, March 1, 2024 – A significant proportion of adolescents who are unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated against human papillomavirus (HPV) are from advantaged socioeconomic households,...
Which Families Are Less Likely to Get Teens the HPV Vaccine?
TUESDAY, Feb. 27, 2024 – Well-to-do American families are more likely than poorer families to increase their children’s risk of cervical cancer by skipping the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, a n...
No Increase Seen in HPV Vaccination Coverage From 2019 to 2022
THURSDAY, Feb. 22, 2024 – Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates did not increase from 2019 to 2022, according to a study published online Feb. 20 in JAMA Network Open. Kalyani Sonawane,...
High-Risk Strains of HPV Could Raise Women's Odds for Heart Death
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7, 2024 – Women are four times more likely to die from heart disease and six times more likely to die from stroke if infected with a high-risk strain of human papillomavirus (HPV), a...
Direct-Mail Self-Sampling Increases Uptake of Cervical Cancer Screening
THURSDAY, Nov. 30, 2023 – For individuals who are due or overdue for cervical cancer screening, direct-mail human papillomavirus (HPV) self-sampling increases screening uptake, according to a study...
Best Way to Prevent Cervical Cancers: Immunize Boys Against HPV, Too
THURSDAY, Nov. 9, 2023 – The best way to prevent cervical cancer in women is to give HPV vaccines to both boys and girls, a new study argues. That way, herd immunity could help eradicate the...
FDA Approves Merck’s Gardasil 9 for the Prevention of Certain HPV-Related Head and Neck Cancers
KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE) June 12, 2020 – Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved...
FDA Approves Expanded Age Indication for Gardasil 9 in Males
KENILWORTH, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE) December 15, 2015 – Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved...
FDA Approves Gardasil 9 for Prevention of Certain Cancers Caused by Five Additional Types of HPV
December 10, 2014 – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Gardasil 9 (Human Papillomavirus 9-valent Vaccine, Recombinant) for the prevention of certain diseases caused by nine types...
FDA Medwatch Alert: Unapproved Over The Counter Drugs Marketed for Prevention and Treatment of STDs
[Posted 03/06/2008] FDA advised healthcare professionals and consumers that the Agency issued Warning Letters to six U.S. companies and one foreign individual for marketing unapproved and misbranded...