And in tweets, people share claims about adverse reactions to the shot. They're all talking about HPV, or human papillomavirus. It's the most common sexually transmitted infection, but it's also ...

Women trying to become pregnant can ask if they need a specific test for HPV just to be sure they are not infected with the virus. They don't. If a woman has been having regular Pap tests ...

How Do You Get HPV? You can catch HPV through oral, vaginal, and anal sex. The virus is so common that most men and women who are sexually active will have HPV at some point. You can pass HPV to ...

Pap tests and HPV testing are a vital part of women's health care, but many people dread the invasive examination every three years. For some women, particularly sexual violence survivors ...

An HPV test can also be performed alongside Pap tests in what's called a co-test. The combined test can detect high-risk HPV and cervical cell changes using the same sample.

Cervical cancer is considered highly preventable, thanks to screenings and the HPV vaccine. Rates of the disease have plummeted since the 1970s, according to a 2025 report from the American Cancer ...

The reduction, which happened between 2008 and 2022, is consistent with the widespread use of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine since it was approved by the FDA in 2006. Many people ...

Researchers found no link between HPV infection and hypertension. Human papillomavirus appears to increase risk for cardiovascular disease and coronary artery disease, according to a meta-analysis ...

Glenn Moog didn't know much about HPV cancer — until he was diagnosed with it. The 59-year-old husband, father and realtor from Worthington had a swollen lymph node on his neck that kept getting ...

Types of cancers that HPV can cause in men: Penile cancer: HPV is the leading cause of penile cancer, which develops in the tissues of the penis. Though rare, it can be aggressive if not detected ...

SEATTLE — Since its approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 2006, the HPV vaccine has made considerable strides in preventing cervical and oropharyngeal, or throat cancers.

Canada's federal vaccine advisory body is now recommending a single dose of the HPV vaccine for children and youth, bringing the country in line with multiple others that have already reduced the ...