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Naaman Zhou at The Guardian writes that Australia's free human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination programme in schools has been highly successful. The International Papillomavirus Society calculates that within 40 years, the number of new cases of cervical cancer will become nearly negligible.
HPV (human papillomavirus) is a sexually transmitted infection that causes 99.9% of cervical cancers. In 2007, the federal government began providing the vaccine for free to girls aged 12-13 years, and in 2013, it extended the program to boys.
Girls and boys outside those ages but under 19 can also access two doses of the vaccine for free. In 2016, 78.6% of 15-year old girls and 72.9% of 15-year old boys had been vaccinated.
As a result, the HPV rate among women aged 18 to 24 dropped from 22.7% to 1.1% between 2005 and 2015.
Eradication is still a few decades out but within reach. The vaccinations are backed up by more advanced cervical screening tests, which are themselves highly successful in detecting high-risk HPV infections before they turn really bad.
Source : Australia could become first country to eradicate cervical cancer. The Guardian
(Score: 2, Troll) by VLM on Wednesday March 07 2018, @02:51AM (1 child)
LOL a species that lives 100+ years, and is fertile for 25+ years, and like the 8th line in your lame paper is the longest study ever attempted has 9 years of data. Not all studies, not average, longest.
Nine years is aeons for javascript web framework lifespan, not so much compared to human lifespan.
(Score: 2) by ilPapa on Thursday March 08 2018, @02:49AM
So no medical treatments should be approved unless they've been studied for longer than the lifespan of the oldest human?
How about this: No genetically-modified organism should be approved for human consumption until it's been studied for the same length of time. That satisfy you?
You are still welcome on my lawn.