HPV Vaccination Rates Among Teens Still Lagging: CDC

This almost sounds like a vaccination against bacterias from being dirty or disease brought over by third world countries?  I mean, I have a hard time believing that all of a sudden all these people are suffering from HPV and getting cancers etc?  I mean that is great if it's a prevent all from head and neck cancers....

HPV Vaccination Rates Among Teens Still Lagging: CDC

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=173167

The reason HPV vaccination among girls is lagging is because doctors aren't routinely recommending it when they give Tdap and MenACWY vaccinations, Wharton said.

"Although providers are very good about conveying the need for Tdap and MenACWY, they are less strong in making a recommendation for the HPV vaccine," Wharton said. "This could be because they are anticipating parental concerns."

The CDC now recommends that every boy and girl aged 11 to 12 get the HPV vaccine, which is given in three shots. The vaccine is both safe and effective, and prevents up to 70 percent of cervical cancers and 90 percent of vaginal warts.

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In addition, the vaccine protects against some cancers of the head and neck, according to the CDC.

Some people worry that getting the HPV vaccine will make girls more sexually active. "But we need to protect them, because if we don't we are leaving them unnecessarily vulnerable to serious and deadly diseases that could be prevented, and we just can't do that, " Wharton said.

Wharton said HPV vaccination is a regular part of the vaccine schedule and should not be treated as anything special or different.

The fact that HPV is sexually transmitted shouldn't be a concern, she said. "The fact of the matter is this vaccine prevents cancers," she said.