If you didn't receive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine when you were a pre-teen/teenager, you may want to consider getting it as an adult, especially if you're recently divorced or widowed and ...

Cancer, even the word itself, evokes fear. It’s a shadow that looms over nearly everyone as they age, sparking anxious questions: Will I get it? What kind? Will it be caught early enough? While ...

HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection and causes cervical cancer • Women who have had the vaccine should still get Pap smears Genital human papillomavirus, or HPV, which infects the ...

The sexually transmitted infection human papillomavirus (HPV) is really, really, ridiculously common. Roughly 13 million people get it each year, according to CDC data, and it’s safe to assume that if ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Cervical cancer diagnosis are increasing as women aren’t always keeping up on screening. “HPV testing seems to be actually more accurate,” Zakhour noted. “A lot of ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Dr. Aileen Marty, Infectious Disease ...

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