HPV vaccine means young women now have 'close to zero' risk of cervical cancer death
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A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls were offered the HPV jab in 2008.
  • Filip785@fedia.io
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    14 days ago

    But the latest data shows vaccination rates across the country have fallen below recommended levels.

    Data from the UK Health Security Agency shows that 76% of girls in England were vaccinated by the age of 15 in 2024-25, well below the 90% that the World Health Organization (WHO) says is needed to eliminate cervical cancer.

    “It’s essential that the UK Government and health systems urgently address this with targeted action to reach communities where uptake is the lowest,” says Michelle Mitchell at Cancer Research UK.

    Wait, it’s not mandatory? It should be for eligible groups of people, there is no reason people should be dying from preventable diseases

    • SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.caEnglish
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      13 days ago

      Morons who are parents think HPV vaccine will turn their daughters into sluts.

      You have to have kids to really appreciate how stupid the world is.