Health Rounds: Swabs as good as unpleasant speculum exam for detecting cancer-causing HPV
Women can safely skip the unpleasant speculum-based exam for human papillomavirus screening and instead test for the virus themselves using a vaginal swab, two new studies confirm. Genital HPV ...
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Why aren’t all genders equally protected by the HPV vaccine?
Despite the availability of highly effective vaccines, HPV vaccination programs have long been gendered, prioritizing females ...
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Meet Eva Ramón Gallegos, First Physician To Eradicate HPV In 29 Women
A scientist from Oaxaca in Mexico has made a breakthrough in medicine by completely eliminating the Human Papillomavirus (HPV ...
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Speculum exams unnecessary for HPV screening
Researchers have demonstrated that self-sampling is just as effective as speculum-based testing for HPV detection.
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Vaccination Against Human Papillomavirus to Be Introduced in Cuba for Over 68,000 Girls
For the first time, Cuba is gearing up to integrate the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine into its National Immunization ...
Antarctic expedition confirms the spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in the Weddell Sea
The CSIC-UNESPA scientific expedition has been underway since last January with the aim of monitoring the presence of the ...
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Merck vaccine case linked to HHS Secretary Kennedy delayed mid-trial
Merck and a woman suing the drugmaker agreed to halt a trial over alleged injuries from the drugmaker's human papillomavirus vaccine in a case with ties to Department of Health ...
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NICRAT to extend cervical cancer vaccination to out-of-school girls - DG
The National Institute for Cancer Research and Treatment is developing a model that would enable it reach out to out-of-school girls for cervical cancer vaccination.This was disclosed by the Director ...