Study: Moving HPV vaccine initiation to age 9 or 10 could improve coverage

Routine HPV vaccination rates could be improved if children were vaccinated earlier, according to a new study.
The CDC recommends routine HPV vaccination in the U.S. at ages 11 or 12 years but says the vaccine can be given as early as age 9 years.
Elizabeth Goodman, MD, MBA, a researcher at Merck’s Center for Observational and Real-World Evidence, told Healio that she and her colleagues studied whether or not initiating HPV vaccination at ages 9 to 10 years had a positive impact on the HPV series completion when compared with initiation at ages 11 to 12 years.
“Completion rates among

Routine HPV vaccination rates could be improved if children were vaccinated earlier, according to a new study.
The CDC recommends routine HPV vaccination in the U.S. at ages 11 or 12 years but says the vaccine can be given as early as age 9 years.
Elizabeth Goodman, MD, MBA, a researcher at Merck’s Center for Observational and Real-World Evidence, told Healio that she and her colleagues studied whether or not initiating HPV vaccination at ages 9 to 10 years had a positive impact on the HPV series completion when compared with initiation at ages 11 to 12 years.
“Completion rates among