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Thanks to this vaccine, cervical cancer deaths in England have fallen to 0 in young women

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published June 19, 2026 at 8:56 AM PDT

A first-of-its-kind study published in The Lancet shows deaths have fallen sharply since school-age girls were first offered the HPV vaccine in 2008.

Here & Now‘s David Folkenflik speaks with vaccine researcher Peter Hotez, who says we have the tools to eradicate cervical cancer globally.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

Thanks to this vaccine, cervical cancer deaths in England have fallen to 0 in young women

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