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MARGARET WARNER (Newshour): Infection by a virus that causes cervical cancer has dropped more than 50 percent in teenage girls since a vaccine against the virus was introduced in 2006. That's the finding in a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testing the effectiveness of the new vaccine against human papilloma virus, or HPV.
It found the infection rate in girls between the ages of 14 and 19 dropped by 56 percent, even though only one-third of teenage girls in the U.S. have been vaccinated with the full three-dose course. HPV is the most common sexually transmitted virus. An estimated 75 percent to 80 percent of men and women are infected during their lifetime, but most do not develop cancer.
For more, we turn to Dr. Anne Schuchat of the CDC. She's the director of its Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases.
COMMENT: The real 'complexity' is caused by the psychotic ultra-conservatives and their world view. Their teen daughters NEVER have sex, it's always someone else's daughter.
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