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

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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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @02:23AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @02:23AM (#491448)

    The 1st vaccine was expensive and new with side affects. It was also the 1st approved genetically engineered vaccine. By pushing for it to be required for teens or put into state programs it becomes immune from lawsuits which would then be directed at the state. The company lobbied heavily for this. Probably continues to do so with the 2nd one... they want to make a lot of money and insure no lawsuits if anything goes wrong. They hyped the 1st one because only 20k died per year of the cancer which wasn't 100% traced back to HPV plus their version 1 only protected against about half the strains that caused the cancer. About 6 if I remember correctly, out of like 100+ strains of HPV - most are thought to be harmless; other than warts.

    Protected sex and other kinds of sex STILL spread HPV which might be of interest to the puritans in the USA.

    It is hard to have serious numbers when HPV can not be tested in men; only women. Yes, I read up about it long ago because I had it... but length of time is unknown because men can't be tested... so I may still have it. At least the woman who gave me it knows it is not the cancer version.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @05:54AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @05:54AM (#491515)

    > [...] men can't be tested [...]

    Men were tested for the report this topic is about.