WKU Fights Cervical Cancer-View from the Hill

Researchers with the American Medical Association estimate that one in four American women have some form of the human pappiloma virus...a sexually transmitted disease which in some forms can lead to cervical cancer. The highest prevalence of H-P-V was found among fifteen to twenty-four-year-olds. So with a significant portion of H-P-V positive cases being among college aged students...it leads to the question...Do colleges and universities have some responsibility to educate their students about the correlation between H-P-V and cervical cancer? Health administrators at WKU think so...
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...Kentucky has the 2nd highest rate of cervical cancer deaths in the nation. One thing to note is that H-P-V has been a problem for many year...but a new vaccine for the sexually transmitted disease and potential cause of cancer has lead to increased visibility and education about this silent killer.

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