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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
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday April 10 2017, @09:07AM (1 child)
Unlike the fact that water is wet, the fact that vaccines don't help once you're infected is far less widely known that one would wish. Therefore there are likely some readers who didn't know it, and therefore were informed by that post. Thus that post is informative, and deserves moderated as such.
(Score: 1) by Chrontius on Monday April 10 2017, @08:00PM
Actually? Many vaccines are used theraputically, though more are used prophylactically.