HPV vaccine, riskier sexual activity not linked, Canadian researchers say
Monday, December 8, 2014 - 16:00
in Health & Medicine
Sexual behavior of teenage girls does not appear to be impacted by the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine, according to researchers. Since 2006, the HPV vaccine has been licensed in almost 100 countries. Many of these countries have national HPV vaccination programs to protect young girls against the virus before they become sexually active.