From STAT in January 2024 but trending in social media today: An 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 … Continue reading Historic achievement after Health Secretary Nicola Sturgeon’s HPV vaccine programme in 2008 results in Scotland having now completely eradicated cervical cancer in women born 1988 to 1996 who were vaccinated by age 13