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"\n\tAdvertisement - Continue Reading Below\n\t\n\n\n\nToday a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention committee recommended that guys get the HPV vaccine. The series of shots protects against the types of genital human papillomavirus (the number one STD in the country) that cause most cases of cervical cancer and genital warts. It was made available in 2006 and is currently recommended for all 11 and 12-year old girls and women 13 through 26. And almost exactly two years ago, the FDA approved the vaccine for use in males as well.But a recommendation is very different from an approval. And experts say this recommendation could lead to a much greater number of boys and men getting vaccinated against HPV. Additionally, it may mean that private insurers start covering the series of shots in guys. The committee voted to recommend it among 11 and 12-year old boys, but they maintained that guys up to 26 may also get vaccinated.This is great news for you. Why? \"If the boys are also immunized, it reduces the transmission back and forth,\" chairman of the Department of Preventative Medicine at Vanderbilt University, Dr. William Schaffner, told CNN.com. And the lower the transmission rates, the less chance you have of developing not just cervical cancer, but also vaginal, vulvar, and anal cancers. But our happiness over this new recommendation isn't purely selfish. Doctors say that men will benefit from the shots because the vaccine has been found to prevent penile and rectal cancer in men.You may recall (unless you've understandably tried to block the memory) that last month Minnesota Representative and wannabe president Michele Bachmann went on national TV and insinuated that the HPV vaccine could be dangerous. Medical experts (which, bee tee dubs, Bachmann is not) maintain this is not true. Despite what you might have heard Bachmann or others say, numerous extensive studies have found that the vaccine is safe. For women and for men.What do you think about the recommendation that guys get the HPV vaccine? Will you encourage your boyfriend to get it?"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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