Monday 12 November 2018

Outcry as boys' HPV 'catch-up' is rejected by the government

Outcry as boys' HPV 'catch-up' is rejected by the government The Government is refusing to ‘backdate’ boys’ vaccination against the deadly Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) – a move that will cause thousands of cancers and cost many lives.

In July, in a major victory for this newspaper’s End The Vaccine Apartheid campaign, Health Secretary Matt Hancock announced that the HPV vaccine, previously available only to girls, would be given to Year 8 schoolboys, aged 12 and 13, from September 2019. The Daily Mail

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