Monday, July 9, 2012

HPV Vaccine Protects Even Those Who Skip It

The vaccine against the human papilloma virus (HPV) is not only effective in decreasing the rate of high risk types of HPV infections in girls and women, but it also shows evidence of bestowing what is known as "herd immunity" -- an indirect protection against the virus for those who have not been vaccinated -- in a community at large, researchers said Monday. Courtesy of Yahoo News

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