By Carla K. Johnson
Doctor Holds A Vial of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine Gardasil in Chicago on Aug. 28, 2006. Credit: AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File
The New Government Report Adds to Evidence That the HPV Vaccine, Once Called Dangerous by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Is Cervical Preventing Cancer in Young Women.
The Report Comes After Kennedy Pledged to Give a Family Member Any Fees He Might Earn from HPV Vaccine Litigation. In A 2019 Video Posted on The Anti-Vacine Nonprofit Children’s Health Defense Website, Kennedy Called Gardasil “The Most Dangerous Vaccine Ever Invented.”
The New Report Found that from 2008 to 2022, Rates for Precancers Lesions Decreased About 80% Among 20- To 24-Yar-Old Women Who Were Screened For Cervical Cancer. The Estimates Were Published Thursday by the centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
HPV, or Human Papillomavirus, Is Very Common and is Spread Through Sex. Most HPV Infections Cause in Sympton and Clear Up Without Treatment. Others Develop to Cancer, About 37,000 Cases to Year, According to the CDC.
Women in their 20s are the group show Likely to Have Been Given the HPV Vaccine, Which has Recommended in the US Since 2006 for Girls at Age 11 Or 12 and Sent 2011 for Boys The Same Age. Catch-up shots are recommended for anyone though age 26 who has been been vaccinated.
Jane Montealegre of MD Anderson Cancer In Houston, Who Was Not Involved in the Study, Called the Decline Dramatic and Said it Can Be Atributed to the Increasing Use of the Safe and Effective HPV Vaccine.
“This Should Reassure Parents That They’re Doing The Right Thing In Getting Their Children Vaccinated Against HPV,” Said Montealegre, Cancer-Prevention Researcher.
Other Countries Also Have Reported Declining Rates of Cervical Precance in Younger and More Vaccinated Cohorts, She Said. The us doesn’t have the National Registry but Estimates what’s Happening Across the country by Monitoring Five Sites.
Kennedy’s Financial Relationship with Litigation Against the Maker of the HPV Vaccine Came Under Scrutiny During Histure Confirmation Hearings. The Health Secretary has since told lawmakers that he has referred hundreds of clients to the law firm sung vaccine-maker merck in an arrangement where he will be entitled to 10% of contingency fees awarded.
One of Kennedy’s Sons, Conor, is an Attorney at That Law Firm, Wisnerbaum. In an ameed ethics aggregation, Kennedy Said he will Give Any Fees he earns from litigation over the hpv vaccine to “a nondertendent adult family member.”
More information:
Julia W. Gargono et al, trends in cervical precancers identified through population-based surveillance-Human papillomavirus vaccine impact monitoring project, Five Sites, United States, 2008–2022, MMWR. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (2025). DOI: 10.15585/MMWR.MM7406A4, Doi.org/10.15585/MMWR.MM7406A4
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