A Teen Vaccine Has Essentially Eliminated A Dreadful Form Of Cancer

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In this edition:

• HPV Vaccine Study Finds Zero Cases Of Cervical Cancer Among Women Vaccinated Before Age 14

• Kids Are Inhaling ‘Galaxy Gas’ To Get High. Here’s What Parents Should Know

• Making School Better for Gender-Expansive Kids

• Florida Bans Instruction On Contraception And Consent In Sex Ed Classes

• High School Is Becoming a Cesspool of Sexually Explicit Deepfakes

• The Visual Explanation For Why Fentanyl Is Unlike Any Drug We’ve Dealt With Before

• Building A Mental Health System With Men In Mind

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HPV Vaccine Study Finds Zero Cases Of Cervical Cancer Among Women Vaccinated Before Age 14 (Stat News)

A historic new study out of Scotland shows the real-world impact of vaccines against the human papillomavirus: The country has detected no cases of cervical cancer in women born between 1988-1996 who were fully vaccinated against HPV between the ages of 12 and 13.

Many previous studies have shown that HPV vaccines are extremely effective in preventing cervical cancer. But the study, published on Monday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, is the first to monitor a national cohort of women over such a long time period and find no occurrence of cervical cancer.

“The study is super exciting. It shows that the vaccine is extremely effective,” said Kathleen Schmeler, a professor of gynecologic oncology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, who was not involved in the research. “It’s obviously early. We’re just starting to see the first data of the impact of the vaccine because it takes so long from the time of the vaccine to the effects.” READ MORE