CDC Adds HPV to Adult Immunization Schedule (CME/CE)

Courtesy MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Mon, 01/04/2010 - 15:00

The annual update of the CDC's adult immunization guidelines includes a new recommendation that young women 19 to 26 be immunized with either the quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine or the recently approved bivalent HPV vaccine to reduce their risk of cervical cancer.


 

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