By Ethan Covey
Incidence of HPV among adolescent girls and young adult women in the United States has declined drastically since the introduction of HPV vaccines in 2006.
A new report, focused on data from 2003 to 2018, found that HPV prevalence has decreased 88% among 14- to 19-year-old girls and 81% among 20- to 24-year-old women during this time period (MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2021;70[12]:415-420).
“Twelve years after introduction of HPV vaccine in the U.S., there have been significant