Tamika Felder wants her generation to be the last women to ever get cervical cancer. “I don’t want anybody to have to go through what I went through,” she says.
One of the biggest barriers to increasing the rate of HPV vaccination is getting more healthcare providers to recommend it in the same way they do other types of vaccines, according to gynecologist and Boston University researcher Rebecca Perkins.
Read about high-powered imaging to improve cervical cancer detection, a researcher in the process of finding a lower-cost option to fight HPV infection, and healthy habits that make a big difference in this month’s research roundup.