However, vaccination can begin as early as age 9. HPV vaccine may be given at the same time as other vaccines. Two doses of HPV vaccination is given to those aged 9-14, 6-12 months apart.

A new government report adds to evidence that the HPV vaccine, once called dangerous by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is preventing cervical cancer in young women.

HADLAND. GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO. ALL RIGHT. DOCTOR HADLAND, WE’VE KNOWN FOR A WHILE THAT THE HPV VACCINE IS VERY EFFECTIVE AT PREVENTING CERVICAL CANCER LATER IN LIFE. SO WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING ...