Close up of a girl having an injection gettyThe American Cancer Society is sounding the alarm when it comes to the HPV vaccine (Gardasil 9). But numbers were down even before the pandemic, with news outlets reporting a 70 percent decrease in HPV vaccination rates year over year in April. Myth: The HPV Vaccine Encourages Sexual ActivityDr. Hina Talib is a board-certified pediatrician and Adolescent Medicine specialist at Children's Hospital at Montefiore. Which is concerning when you remember the HPV vaccine is one of only two vaccines that prevents cancer. But some parents claim the HPV vaccine is still too new and untested to proceed with.

Source: Forbes September 29, 2020 05:37 UTC