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riley@toot.cat ("Riley S. Faelan") wrote:
In cancer vaccination news ...
Around 200 lives have been saved in England so far thanks to a vaccine which protects against cervical cancer, according to analysis published in the Lancet.
The first study of its kind showed that deaths have fallen sharply since school-age girls were offered the human papillomavirus (HPV) jab in 2008.
Between 2020 and 2024, no cervical cancer deaths were recorded in women aged 20 to 24 - the first time that had happened over a five-year period.
Without vaccination, around 23 deaths would have been expected.
"It's incredible to think that a single jab can almost eliminate a particular type of cancer," said Prof Peter Sasieni, the lead researcher at Queen Mary University of London.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c621z28z138o
For context, the prudes who often like to call themselves "pro-life" as a sign of their virtues being justly proud have been campaigning hard against the cervical cancer vaccine because it makes them think of young women having sex, which is a mortal sin blameable on the vaccine.