HPV shot offers 'herd immunity' to unvaccinated

Monday, July 9, 2012 - 17:30 in Health & Medicine

The human papillomavirus is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections, but a new U.S. study shows the HPV vaccine appears to be protecting not just the teens who get the shot but also those who were not immunized.

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