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  • STUDY: HPV-Related Cancer Rates Affect Vaccine Uptake in Alabama

    STUDY: HPV-Related Cancer Rates Affect Vaccine Uptake in Alabama

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    MOBILE (March 19, 2019) — USA Health researchers studying HPV vaccination rates in Alabama have made a surprising discovery: Counties with higher rates of HPV-related cancers also showed higher HPV vaccination rates, according to research presented recently at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology’s Annual Meeting on Women’s Cancer. “It was exactly the opposite of what…