New Gardasil 9 vaccine boosts teens' protection from HPV and cervical cancer by 23%
- Written by Suzanne Marie Garland, Professor, Melbourne University, The Royal Women's Hospital
While the previous Gardasil vaccine protected against 70% of cervical cancers, the updated Gardasil 9 version will protect against up to 93% of these.from shutterstock.comAs 12 and 13-year-old boys and girls start a new school year, they will have access to the new, improved vaccine to protect against the human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes...