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Survivors of head and neck cancer had an elevated risk for stroke — regardless of age, disease site or treatment modality — study findings published in JAMA Network Open showed.

More than one-third of children aged 9 to 17 years in the United States had received one or more HPV vaccines doses as of 2022, according to a new CDC report.

The percentage of girls and boys who initiated the HPV vaccine series before age 13 increased in recent years, according to study findings published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Vaccination against HPV and routine screening are the primary methods for cervical cancer prevention, and the convenience of at-home HPV tests may increase screening and lower cervical cancer prevalence in the U.S.

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Efforts to raise flagging childhood vaccination rates increased in 2023 as new shots hit the market.

Implementation of parent reminder/recall and health care professional audit/feedback increased HPV vaccination uptake compared with usual care approaches, according to study results published in JAMA Pediatrics.

Cidofovir may be useful in the management of non-genital warts, according to a literature review, but data on its use are limited.

HPV detectability was associated with better clinical cervical cancer prognosis vs. no detectable virus with up to a 41% lower mortality risk, according to a systematic review and meta-analysis published in Obstetrics & Gynecology.

The FDA approved updated COVID-19 vaccines last week that target omicron XBB subvariants of SARS-CoV-2, which have become the predominant SARS-CoV-2 viruses worldwide.