CLOCK: HPV vaccine approved for men and women from 27 to 45 years old
CLOCK: HPV vaccine approved for men and women from 27 to 45 years old
.CLOCK: HPV vaccine approved for men and women from 27 to 45 years old
Transcription for Vaccine against HPV approved for men and women from 27 to 45 years old
Let's move on to that "Gma" health alert about the HPV vaccine. The FDA is launching new guidelines that extend the age range by recommending men and women up to 45 years of age who use the vaccine to prevent cervical cancer and other diseases, and Dr. Jennifer Ashton is here. Good Morning. Good Morning. This is ... yes, she deserves a big applause. This is an important issue. This is a big change. This is a great change and it is great news in medicine for men and women and great news in the world of cancer. This vaccine was launched in 2006. Initially, it was recommended from age 9 to 26 years. Then, the CDC really adjusted that age as recommended between 11 and 12 years for boys and girls. Many people thought it was only for girls. You need two for the children too, and this expanded range is really for people who may be entering the dating world or who may have missed the previous window of the vaccine because they are showing some immunological protection against these nine strains of the vaccine. Human papilloma virus when administered to elderly people. Adults? A lot of disinformation about it. One ton We will put our audience in place here. You have your palettes ready to go. A true or false situation, first question, if you do not have sex, do not have to worry about HPV, true or false? Oh, we have an intelligent audience, Cecilia. You are at the point This is false HPV, yes, it can be transmitted sexually, but absolutely can and is transmitted simply by direct skin-to-skin contact, so, again, this is an example where we need to decouple the medical and the social People feel very hot about this because they can see it with sex, but, again, this is not just genital cancer, it is cancers of the head and neck and can be transmitted with direct skin-to-skin contact. One more. Let's try your luck. If you had HPV before, you can not get it again, true or false? You are quite right. There are 30 high risk strains sexually associated. You can get a strain. You will be protected against immunity, but you can be exposed to many others. That is where it is important. It is expensive, but once we see that the national associations recommend it, the insurance companies will generally follow their example and cover the cost. Excellent information as always. Thank you.
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