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Around 42% of American Adults Have HPV, Over 20% Have Cancer-Causing Form

posted by on Sunday April 09 2017, @10:55PM   
from the my-yoga-teacher-says-vaccines-cause-autism dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

More than 42 percent of Americans between the ages of 18 and 59 are infected with genital human papillomavirus [HPV], according to the first survey to look at the prevalence of the virus in the adult population.

The report [pdf], published on Thursday by the National Center for Health Statistics, found that certain high-risk strains of the virus infected 25.1 percent of men and 20.4 percent of women. These strains account for approximately 31,000 cases of cancer each year, other studies have shown.

Two vaccines are effective in preventing sexually transmitted HPV infection, and researchers said the new data lend urgency to the drive to have adolescents vaccinated.

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/06/health/hpv-virus-survey-united-states.html

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Original Submission

• vaccine compensation is rotten (Score: 0, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @02:14AM

  by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @02:14AM (#491441)

  There is a very narrow window of time during which the effects must show up. If you are affected either before or after that window, no compensation for you! You get nothing, and you can't sue. The system is set up to evade paying out.

  It also of course doesn't value an A+ student any more than an F student. Some kids are worth a lot more than they pay.

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