HPV

Recently, I was diagnosed with an avoidable cancer. Avoidable had I known more about a common cancer-causing virus — and had I not been misled by a serious gap in the available information.Since the cause of cervical cancer is a virus that…

Last Updated: January 22, 2023, 18:44 ISTMost sexually-active women contract the infection at some point in their lives with or without symptomsIndia accounts for the highest number of cervical cancer cases as every year 1.25 lakh women are…

A significant drop in the number of Americans who recently contracted cervical cancer in the U.S. highlights the importance and effectiveness of the HPV vaccine — a success story that is also playing out in Canada, according to…

A Californian woman claims she got cancer after suffering a cut while getting a manicure.Grace Garcia, 50, a mother-of-three from San Gabriel, near Los Angeles, was diagnosed with stage 1 squamous cell carcinoma — a common type of skin…

A single dose of the vaccine can provide comparable efficacy and protection as a two-dose regimen, the UN agency said, which could result in greater global access to the life-saving drug.  Cervical cancer is the fourth most common type of…

Talking about sexually transmitted infections and intimacy can be a difficult conversation between parents and children but it cannot be ignored. In today’s time, it becomes utterly important for parents to be the person who their child can…

There’s an amazing scene in Girls where Hannah Horvath, played by Lena Dunham, famously tweets “all adventurous women do” when she finds out she has human papillomavirus (HPV). She boldly types this out as Robyn’s song Dancing on My…

In a big achievement, India will launch its first self-developed vaccine for prevention against cervical cancer today. Union Minister of Science and Technology Jitendra Singh along with SII CEO Adar Poonawalla will launch the vaccine at IIC…

Giving HPV jab to women with pre-cancerous cells on their cervix may ward off cancer, study suggestsTeam examined data on women who had pre-cancerous cells removedThose given HPV jab were 60% less likely to develop worrying…

Geico may have to pay US$5.2 million to a woman who caught the human papillomavirus (HPV) after having unprotected sex in the insured Hyundai Genesis of her then-partner. The decision was reached Tuesday by the Court of Appeals for…