HPV study finds 7% of U.S. teens, adults carry virus in mouths
Friday, January 27, 2012 - 15:30
in Health & Medicine
A new study showing an estimated 7 percent of American teens and adults carry the human papillomavirus in their mouths may help health experts finally understand why rates of mouth and throat cancer have been climbing for nearly 25 years. Oral sex practices play a key role in transmission.