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This Vaccine Has Been Wildly Successful

VACCINES HAVE SLASHED RATES OF HUMAN PAPILLOMAVIRUS. Physicians began recommending the first vaccine for the remarkably common sexually transmitted HPV virus in 2006 in the United States.

The British introduced human papillomavirus (HPV) immunization in 2008, with routine vaccination offered to girls aged 12 to13 years with a catch-up program for females aged 14 to 18 years in 2008–10.