Photo: iStockA recent report on HPV vaccinations in teenagers found that only 43% are completing the vaccination series required to prevent several types of cancer. HPV vaccine usage has likely been hurt by antivaccine sentiments that have spread in recent years. The HPV vaccine can be administered to children as young as age 9. The HPV vaccine protects against about 90% of those cancers. Doctors should administer the HPV vaccine at the same time as the Tdap and meningococcal vaccines, Dr. Meissner says, but that’s clearly not happening.

Source: Wall Street Journal September 11, 2017 14:48 UTC