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By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News Kentucky has the highest overall rate of cancers associated with the human papillomavirus, and among females is tied for highest with West Virginia, while...
Photo from southtexasmed.com By Danielle Ray Kentucky Health News “Getting your shots” is part of starting to school, but it’s also supposed to be part of the drill at the...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News The human papilloma virus vaccination is proven to prevent cervical cancer and genital warts, but many pediatricians and family doctors still don’t strongly recommend...
The Kentucky Rural Health Association is sponsoring a summit on the human papilloma virus, “HPV – You ARE the Key!” June 21 at the Embassy Suites in Lexington. The HPV...
By Melissa Patrick Kentucky Health News A study has found that one dose of the human papillomavirus vaccine Cervarix appears to be as effective in preventing HPV infections that lead...
By Molly Burchett Kentucky Health News New research indicates that HPV, the sexually transmitted human papilloma virus, is now the leading cause of mouth and throat cancers in the United...
The human papillomavirus, which is generally blamed for causing cervical cancer, is being linked to the formation of several other kinds of cancer, and Kentuckians are getting these diseases in...