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Quick Hits: HPV Vaccine Approved to Prevent Cancer

The latest version of Merck’s human papilloma virus vaccine has a new official use.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, head and neck cancer affects 13,500 Americans each year, and is the most common malignancy caused by HPV. A recent STAT News article noted that the disease can now be prevented with the same vaccine that prevents HPV. For the past decade, evidence has suggested this might be the case, but the FDA just made it official, granting accelerated approval for Merck’s Gardasil 9. 

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