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Cervical cancer screening saves lives
January 11, 2022 — Cancer can start at any place in the body. Cervical cancer starts in the cervix. It starts when cells in the cervix grow out of control and crowd out normal cells. This makes it hard for the body to work the way it should... MORE

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

HPV vaccine now recommended for those up to age 45
January 16, 2020 — The Food and Drug Administration has raised the recommended age to receive the vaccine for human papillomavirus, or HPV to 45... MORE

Recent CDC and FDA guidance recommends that men and women up to 45 years of age get vaccinated to protect against the Human papillomavirus, or HPV. HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection and can cause certain cancers and genital warts. More than 14 million new HPV infections occur in the U.S. each year, and about 80 percent of sexually active men and women are infected with HPV at some point in their lives.