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

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.

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