‘Universal HPV vaccination’ call

School boys in the UK should receive the HPV vaccine to protect against throat cancer, a charity has urged.

The jab was introduced in 2008 for girls, to immunise them against the virus that causes cervical cancer.

The Throat Cancer Foundation says the vaccine protects against other cancers and has urged the government to extend the programme to all 12-year-olds.

So far Australia is the only country to routinely offer universal vaccination to boys and girls.

The measure has also been recommended by the US Centers for Disease Control.

Ed Rybicki‘s insight:

Too true – but not ONLY for oropharyngeal cancer; men are the other half of the sexually-transmitted HPV equation, after all.

See on www.bbc.co.uk

This entry was posted on 1 February, 2013 at 13:38 and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

One Response to “‘Universal HPV vaccination’ call”

L. Pifer Says:
1 February, 2013 at 18:37 | Reply
I think it would be incredibly short-sighted to leave males out of the HPV vaccination scheme.

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