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Risk reduction was most impressive among men, but greater vaccine coverage is needed for maximum impact.

Did you know that oral cancer kills one person per hour every day in the U.S.?

The national health organization’s 2017 advisory report now includes advice on 13 vaccinations for U.S. adults.

What’s more, Black women are more than twice as likely to die from the condition than their white counterparts.

Currently, doctors recommend the three-dose HPV vaccine for girls and boys ages 11 to 12 and for women and men ages 26 and 21 respectively.

Many of us give no thought to opening our mouths to speak, eat and drink and even less thought to getting screened for oral cancer

No statistically significant increase in pregnancy or other sexually transmitted infections were reported among girls who got the HPV shot.

There are two vaccines that reduce the risk of HPV infection, but researchers don’t know if they can prevent oral infections of the disease.

How do parents feel about HPV vaccinations for boys?

Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection lingers longer in college-aged black women than their white counterparts, and this could be linked to hig...

African-American, Hispanic and low-income adolescent women are less likely to complete a series of three vaccinations to prevent human...

Few teen girls and young women are taking the human papillomavrius (HPV) vaccine and those who start the regimen don?t take the required three...