HPV Immunization Rates Stagnate Among US Teens, CDC Finds

Bloomberg (8/22, Garde, Subscription Publication) reports HPV “immunization rates have stagnated for kids aged 13 to 17 for the past two years, according to data that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published Thursday.” This trend “could cause alarm among public health officials,” as HPV is the cause of “more than 21,000 cases of cancer in women and about 16,000 in men” each year. However, “routine shots for diseases like tetanus and meningitis have returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to the CDC survey, which analyzed results from nearly 17,000 teenagers.”