Does The HPV Vaccine Cause Increased Sexual Activity? Twin
Falls, Idaho (KMVT-TV) It's called HPV or the human
papillomavirus, a sexually transmitted disease known to be the
cause of a number of common sexually transmitted diseases that
causes a variety of illnesses, including cervical and throat
cancers. "It's contracted by skin-to-skin contact the vaccine is
a prevented measure just like any other immunization we give our
kids. It's a personal chose between the parent and the child”
said Rene LeBlanc District Director, South Central Public Health
District. Researchers looked at the number of pregnancies,
sexually transmitted infections, and contraceptive use in more
than 13-hundred pre-teen girls who received the vaccine. They
followed the girls for three-years and found no significant
increase in any of these sexual activities. "The fact is the HPV
vaccine is not a contraceptive, it will not prevent you from
getting pregnant. It just prevents you from contracting either
genital warts or worse yet, cervical