Topic: United States

Fund backs cervical cancer vaccine in poor nations

LONDON (Reuters) - The GAVI international immunisations group has agreed to fund the roll-out of vaccines against cervical cancer in developing countries, offering protection against a disease that kills one woman every two minutes.Nearly 90 percent of the 275,000 deaths every year ...

Cervical cancer vaccines may cut need for screening

LONDON (Reuters) - Using GlaxoSmithKline's Cervarix vaccine to protect girls against the HPV virus that causes cervical cancer is so effective that health authorities could reduce the need for later cervical screening, scientists said on Wednesday.Researchers from Finland and the United States ...

US panel urges HPV vaccine for boys

Boys should get routinely vaccinated against human papillomavirus, a sexually transmitted disease that can lead to cancer, a US government advisory panel recommended on Tuesday.All boys aged 11-12 should get the HPV vaccine, which is already approved for use in girls, said ...

U.S. advisers recommend Gardasil HPV shots for boys

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Boys should be routinely vaccinated against the human papillomavirus or HPV in an effort to protect them from oral, anal and penile cancers, and to extend protection of girls from cervical cancer, U.S. vaccine advisers said on Tuesday.The Advisory ...

Virus to blame for rise in throat cancer: study

(Reuters) - Cancer of the back of the mouth and throat is on the rise, primarily because of more cases stemming from a viral infection called human papillomavirus (HPV), according to a U.S. study.The number of people who were diagnosed with HPV-related ...

Virus to blame for rise throat cancer

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Cancer of the back of the mouth and throat is on the rise, primarily because of more cases stemming from a viral infection called human papillomavirus (HPV), researchers report in a new study.The number of people who ...

Analysis: Bachmann HPV vaccine comments toxic: doctors

CHICAGO (Reuters) - No matter how much the U.S. medical community challenges the suggestion by presidential candidate Michele Bachmann that a vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV) is dangerous, doctors fear the damage has already been done.Physicians are bracing for more parents to ...

Half of men may have HPV infections: study

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Half of men in the general population may be infected with human papillomavirus or HPV, the human wart virus that causes cervical and other cancers, strengthening the case for vaccinating boys against HPV, U.S. researchers said on Monday.U.S. vaccine ...

Oral sex linked to cancer risk

US scientists said Sunday there is strong evidence linking oral sex to cancer, and urged more study of how human papillomaviruses may be to blame for a rise in oral cancer among white men.In the United States, oral cancer due to HPV ...
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