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HPV vaccines are protecting women from cancer-causing infectionsHPV infections fell between 76% and 98% over 17 years among vaccinated womenInfections also fell among unvaccinated women, indicating herd immunity

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 1, 2025 (HealthDay News) — The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine is protecting women from the cervical-cancer -causing virus — including those who don’t get the jab, a new study says.

Depending on which vaccine they received, HPV infections fell by 76% to 98% over 17 years among vaccinated women, researchers reported in the journal JAMA Pediatrics .

But infections also fell by 72% to 76% among unvaccinated women during the same period, results showed.

“There are two encouraging takeaways from our study,” said senior researcher Dr. Jessica Ka

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