Fears for women’s health as parents reject HPV vaccine

Three nations blame social media for fall in number of girls given cervical cancer jabs

Health officials have become increasingly alarmed at campaigns aimed at blocking the take-up of the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine, which protects women against cervical cancer.

Three leading nations have now seen major reductions in the take-up of the vaccine and a growing number of doctors fear its use could be blocked elsewhere, despite its capacity to provide protection against a condition that kills hundreds of thousands of women a year.

Continue reading... December 03, 2017 at 05:35AM