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| Health News : cancer - News from other sources. | | | | | | | | Best-selling author Vince Flynn dies at age 47 Wed, 19 Jun, 2013 10:51 AM PDT MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Best-selling author Vince Flynn, who wrote the Mitch Rapp counterterrorism thriller series and sold more than 15 million books in the U.S. alone, died Wednesday in Minnesota after a more than two-year battle with prostate cancer, according to friends and his publisher. He was 47. Continue reading | | | | | | HPV infections fell by half in teen girls after vaccine, study shows Wed, 19 Jun, 2013 10:47 AM PDT Infections with the human papillomavirus tied to cervical cancer fell by more than half in U.S. teen girls after the HPV vaccine was introduced in 2006, despite high-profile controversy -- and low rates of uptake, a new study shows. Government health officials said Wednesday that the new data should en... Continue reading | | Cervical cancer vaccines cut rates of HPV infections: U.S Wed, 19 Jun, 2013 10:44 AM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. introduction of a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer in 2006 has reduced infections with the human papillomavirus or HPV - the sexually transmitted virus that causes the disease - by more than half among girls and young women, U.S. health officials said on Wednesday. Continue reading | | | HPV Vaccine Dramatically Reduces New Infections, Study Shows Wed, 19 Jun, 2013 10:38 AM PDT A teen girl gets an HPV shot. Photo by Getty images. Since the introduction of a vaccine to prevent cervical cancer in 2006, the number of new infections of human papillomavirus or HPV among teen girls has plummeted in the United States, CDC officials announced on Wednesday. Among 14- to 19-year-olds, ... Continue reading | | |
