HPV Rate In Teen Girls Drops By More Than 60 Percent

The prevalence of human papillomavirus (HPV) infections among teenage girls in the United States has dropped by more than 60 percent since the vaccine against the cancer-causing virus was introduced a decade ago, according to a new study.

The researchers found that, within six years of the vaccine’s introduction in 2006, the prevalence of HPV among girls ages 14 to 19 decreased by 64 percent.

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