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The addition of HPV vaccination into routine postpartum care may increase vaccination rates, which can reduce patient costs, prevent HPV-related cancers and vaccinate vulnerable populations, researchers reported in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

Clinicians must focus on the experiences, communication needs and consequences of structural racism to improve mortality and morbidity rates for postpartum Black women, researchers reported in O&G Open.

Girls with diagnosed mental health conditions had lower HPV vaccination coverage than their peers without mental health conditions, according to a study published in The Lancet Public Health.

Peri- and postmenopausal women with HPV have lower health-related quality of life compared with premenopausal counterparts, with the strongest differences observed within the sexuality domain, researchers reported.

Genital talc powder and frequent douching were associated with an increased risk for ovarian cancer, according to a recent study.

The Infectious Disease Society of America suggests that immunocompromised patients take the COVID-19 prevention drug pemivibart as pre-exposure prophylaxis to help prevent severe COVID-19, according to new guidelines.

For the 2nd year in a row, HPV vaccination coverage among adolescents in the United States did not increase, according to data published Thursday by the CDC.

Two women in oncology have been named recipients of the International Gynecologic Cancer Society’s 2024 Global Humanitarian Award.

From 2007 to 2020, the incidence of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grades 1, 2 and 3 continuously decreased among women aged 15 to 25 years while increasing among women aged 25 to 29 years, researchers reported.

Rather than telling a patient they should get a vaccine, the CDC’s shared clinical decision-making recommendations advise patients to speak to providers about certain vaccines and decide on an individual basis if they should receive them.