Tag: Human Papillomavirus

New York: Men infected with one type of genital human papillomavirus (HPV) may be at 20 times more at risk of reinfection with the same type, researchers say. HPV is the most common sexually transmitted infection and it is a major cause of genital warts and cancers of the genitals, mouth and throat. The findings […]

Sydney: Human papillomavirus (HPV) screening and vaccination must be taken up on a war footing in countries like India to prevent 15 million cervical cancer deaths among women by 2050, a Lancet research said. Causing the second-highest number of deaths among Indian women among cancer variants, cervical cancer, in a majority of cases, is caused […]

New York: Just one dose of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine may prevent infection from potential cancer-causing virus, suggests new research. Results of the study, which included only women participants published in the journal JAMA Network Open, suggest that a single dose of HPV vaccine may be as effective as the currently recommended two- or […]