UW Health: Celebrates 20th anniversary of groundbreaking HPV vaccine

MADISON, Wis. – Twenty years ago, on June 8, 2006, the Food and Drug Administration approved the human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine to prevent cancer, marking one of the most important advances in public health over the past two decades. The virus can cause warts and is transmitted through intimate skin-to-skin contact. The human body can fight off many HPV infections on its own, but some infec...