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American Cancer Society Tells Doctors to Give 9-Year-Olds HPV Vaccine

  • July 22, 2020

The American Cancer Society is pushing human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines for 9-year-old children, which is much younger than the 11- or 12-year-old recommendation by the federal Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Usually pediatricians follow ACIP’s guidelines, but the Cancer Society says that giving the HPV vaccine at an earlier age will help increase the vaccination rate. (While its recommendations are for older children, the ACIP does say the vaccine can be...