Gizmodo: Around One in Three Guys Have HPV https://gizmodo.com/around-one-in-three-men-have-hpv-study-1850804777?utm_source=regular #sexuallytransmitteddiseasesandinfections #humanpapillomavirushpvinghana #sexuallytransmittedinfection #humanpapillomavirusinfection #infectiouscausesofcancer #gynaecologicalcancer #entertainmentculture #healthmedicalpharma #cancervaccines #papillomavirus #cervicalcancer #genitalwart #hpvvaccine #wart

https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1917338 “During the study period, we evaluated girls and women for cervical cancer until their 31st birthday. #CervicalCancer was diagnosed in 19 women who had received the #quadrivalent #HPVVaccine and in 538 women who had not received the #vaccine. The cumulative incidence of cervical cancer was 47 cases per 100,000 persons among women who had been vaccinated and 94 cases per 100,000 persons among those who had not been #vaccinated.”

Oral sex stoking throat cancer ‘epidemic’ in UK and US, say experts | The Independent
#OralSex
#ThroatCancer
#HPV
#OropharyngealCancer
#HumanPapillomavirus
#HPVVaccine
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/oral-sex-throat-cancer-uk-us-b2327921.html

The #HPV #vaccine is a vaccine that immunizes against various forms of human papillomavirus, depending on which vaccine you get. There are three vaccines currently in existence. The vaccine is relatively recent; the first shot became available in the United States in 2006.The shot is so pivotal to human health that it is currently on the World Health Organization's list of essential medicines. …

In the earliest days of scientific taxonomy, a European rabbit was incorrectly taxonomized as a distinct species, Lepus cornutus. It is now believed that the rabbits were actually normal rabbits that had been infected with Shope papilloma virus, a virus that causes keratinous carcinoma, and appears as horned growths around the infected rabbit's head.

Richard E. Shope identified the cause of the horned growths of some rabbits in the 1930s and pioneered the study of viruses as cancer-causing agents.

#RationalWiki #hpvvaccine #antivax
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/HPV_vaccine

Two excellent reviews this week of the #HPVvaccine for #cervicalcancer awareness month. https://www.bmj.com/content/379/bmj-2022-070115

RT @CAonline@twitter.com

Key findings from the 2023 @AmericanCancer@twitter.com #CancerStatistics report ⤵️

✔️33% drop in overall cancer mortality since 1991
✔️Major reduction in #CervicalCancer tied to the #HPVvaccine
✔️Increase in the diagnosis of men with advanced #ProstateCancer

🔗: https://bit.ly/2023CancerStats

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/CAonline/status/1613899404708044801

Great overview here of the #HPVvaccine - "HPV causes 46,000 cancers a year in the USA alone. The HPV vaccine prevents becoming infected by HPV, which means you are protected from these cancers." https://original.newsbreak.com/@michael-w-simpson-1601132/2863307552507-new-systematic-review-shows-that-hpv-vaccine-is-effective-in-preventing-cancer

Gardasil? Suddenly a wild antivax bot appears!

https://anarchic-teapot.net/suddenly-a-wild-antivax-bot-appears/

#Cancer #Vaccination #Antivaxmovement #Gardasil #HPV #HPVvaccine #Twitter #VAERS

Marcia Cross - the actress - has been an outstand advocate for the #HPVvaccine. https://www.survivornet.com/articles/a-reminder-about-hpv-linked-cancers-from-survivor-desperate-housewives-actress-marcia-cross/