Fact checked by Jennifer Klump Despite its proven ability to prevent cancers, the HPV vaccine remains underused in the United ...

For years, we've told our patients that human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination works best when administered before sexual ...

The HPV vaccine, called Gardasil-9 — which has no live virus and is completely non-infectious — protects against the six types of HPV most likely to cause cancer, Eckert says.

Discover a study showing HPV vaccination can significantly reduce lesion counts in patients with actinic keratosis.

The vaccine distributed in the U.S., Gardasil-9, targets nine types of HPV. Vaccination can prevent more than 90% of cancers caused by HPV. Since the prior Gardasil 4 vaccine was introduced in ...

Specifically, the CDC recommends the HPV vaccine at age 11 or 12, though it can be started as young as 9; for anyone who didn’t receive it as a kid, the agency suggests still getting it through ...

When the [first] HPV vaccine was approved and released, the general thought about it wasn't, “Oh, we have a vaccine against potentially multiple cancers.” No, that wasn't the mindset.

Women in their 20s are the group most likely to have been given the HPV vaccine, which has been recommended in the U.S. since 2006 for girls at age 11 or 12 and since 2011 for boys the same age.

This new recommendation is sure to generate discussion, but there's still confusion about what the vaccine does and why it's recommended. Here are 10 common myths about HPV: 1. HPV is rare ...

The drug Gardasil, used for HPV vaccinations, is roughly 97 percent effective in preventing cervical cancer. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has often singled out Gardasil in his critiques of vaccines.

Imagine if vaccination against HPV (alongside regular screening) eventually allowed the U.S. to cut the 4,000 annual deaths from cervical cancer to zero; or dramatically reduce or even eliminate ...