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Reports suggest HPV vaccine will be made available to boys and girls
Reports suggest that the government is set to roll out the HPV vaccine programme to include boys, as well as girls. According to the Daily Mail, the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation has backed calls from dental organisations to enable boys to benefit from the scheme. The HPV vaccination…
READ ARTICLEWhy dentists are fighting for HPV vaccines for boys
Recently, a group of high-profile dental organisations called for the government to consider rolling out the HPV vaccination programme to include teenage boys, as well as girls. The vaccine, which is currently provided for girls as they enter their teenage years to protect against cervical cancer, is the subject of…
READ ARTICLETeachers call for HPV vaccination to be made available for boys
Teachers have called for HPV vaccinations to be made available for teenage boys, as well as girls. Speaking at the annual conference for the Association of Teachers and Lecturers in Scotland, several professionals backed calls to introduce vaccination for boys, in light of research connecting HPV to forms of cancer…
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