Tag: St. Jude

St. Jude creates HPV cancer prevention awareness campaign to emphasize the need for HPV vaccination

Stuart Mitchell

The St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital HPV Cancer Prevention Program has launched a public awareness campaign to bring more attention to the need for and benefits of adolescents ages 9-12 receiving on-time human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination to prevent cancer. The campaign will also elevate awareness of the dangers of HPV pre-cancers and cancers. The “Path to a Bright Future” campaign was unveiled during the final segment of a weeklong seminar series featuring medical and public health experts, along with HPV-cancer survivors and parents, discussing challenges around HPV vaccination and possible solutions.…

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St. Jude launches program to boost HPV cancer prevention across the globe

Stuart Mitchell

On International HPV Awareness Day, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has announced the launch of the HPV Cancer Prevention Program. With an investment of $12 million, St. Jude has hired a dedicated staff of six to develop outreach programs to reduce human papillomavirus (HPV)-related cancer deaths by increasing HPV vaccination rates locally and nationally, and eventually, globally. Development for this program began as a response to the 2016 Biden Cancer Moonshot initiative that highlighted the impact of HPV-associated cancers and the need to do more to prevent them. In 2018,…

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