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It is well known that HPV can lead to deadly cervical cancer in women, but the virus is causing cancer in men as well.

There have been nearly 2,000 recorded adverse reactions to the Gardasil vaccine, the Therapeutic Goods Administration has reported in its latest update.

A new Boston University School of Medicine study has found that low-income and minority parents may be more receptive to vaccinating their daughters against Human Papillomavirus , while white, middle-class parents are more likely to defer the vaccination.

It is well known that HPV can lead to deadly cervical cancer in women, but the virus is causing cancer in men as well.

Nathalie Martinez, center, chose to have her daughters, Jordin, left, and Nathalie, right, vaccinated for HPV after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer.

There is something we need to talk about. It may not be the best dinner table conversation but cancer, or more specifically anal cancer, is a topic that needs to be discussed.

University of Miami pediatrician Judith L. Schaechter, M.D. gives an HPV vaccination to a 13-year-old girl in her office at the Miller School of Medicine on September 21, 2011 in Miami, Florida.

A new Boston University School of Medicine study has found that low-income and minority parents may be more receptive to vaccinating their daughters against Human Papillomavirus , while white, middle-class parents are more likely to defer the vaccination.

Myrmecia, named after the bulldog ant because of its clinical resemblance to an ant hill, is a plantar wart caused by human papillomavirus 1 infection.

Many women know that getting a Pap test regularly from their health care provider is a good way to check for signs of cervical cancer, the second most common cancer in women worldwide.

Immunization Awareness Week has come and gone, but many still struggle to sift through the skepticism surrounding immunization.

Yearly gonorrhea screening for at-risk sexually active women with new or multiple sex partners and women who live in communities with a high incidence of disease.

Two doses of the human papillomavirus vaccine might offer a similar level of protection for young women as three doses, said a study in the May 1 issue of Researchers found that females who received two doses in six months had similar immune responses to HPV-16 and HPV-18 as girls who got three doses during the same period.

Many women have been trained since they were teens to visit their gynecologist every year for a Pap screen, but doctors now say those guidelines have changed and less frequent testing may be sufficient.

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Cervical cancer kills an estimated 7,311 women in Pakistan annually. More women die of cervical cancer in India than anywhere in the world.

Dear Dr. K: I'm a woman in my 30s, and I've never had an abnormal Pap test. Do I still need one every year? Dear Reader:The answer used to be yes.

Provocative new research might help explain why black women are so much more likely than whites to develop and die from cervical cancer: They seem to have more trouble clearing HPV, the virus that causes the disease.