HPV: A risk for anyone

DanyC submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.journal-news.net)

HPV can cause cervical cancer, so makers of the vaccine tout its benefits of preventing cervical cancer. but what is?In March, Dr. Stacey Anderson, along with Dr. James Brown, conducted the “Girl Talk” lecture in conjunction with WVU Hospitals-East. The HPV vaccine was a prominent topic of conversation.
HPV affects both men and women. It is spread through genital contact with an infected person. Intercourse is not necessary. Because there are no symptoms of many strains, the virus can be passed without knowledge.

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Apoorva Mandavilli on hype and the the HPV vaccine

Darkfrog submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.nature.com)

Most of Ms. Mandavilli's opinion piece on the HPV vaccine is straight-up good sense: "We don't know how long its effects will last yet." "It's being touted, perhaps beyond its worth." She points out a few of the vaccine's less-publicized flaws, namely that it doesn't do much for women who have been sexually active before receiving it. But I worry that opponents of the vaccine could take her words the wrong way, particularly, "We don't know how well it works

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New Hampshire adopts voluntary HPV vaccine program

Hecate submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.nytimes.com)

While about eighteen US states have considered or are considering making HPV vaccination mandatory for young female students, New Hampshire has tried another tack: The state has made the vaccine available free of charge to girls between the ages of eleven and eighteen, offered on a highest-risk-first-served basis whenever supplies grow short.

The program has been highly successful, showing a huge turnout. “We usually have to bust our hump every September to convince people to get their flu shots,” the article quotes Greg Moore of the Health and Human Services Department

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NY Times article argues in favor of HPV vaccination -- does spin do more harm than good?

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The article, by Jane E. Brody, makes a strong case for nationwide HPV vaccination, but it doesn't always fight fair

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Cost-effectiveness analyses of human papillomavirus vaccination

claudia submitted, created time 1 year 9 months (www.sciencedirect.com)

With a human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine soon to become available for widespread use, several studies have modelled the cost-effectiveness of vaccination. These pioneer studies are likely to be influential on the design of further analyses, and we have therefore summarised and critically reviewed the strengths and limitations of their methods and assumptions. Despite a lack of transparency in some key elements, the most influential assumptions were identified as relating to vaccine effectiveness, cervical screening, and model design

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