Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics are now advising parents to vaccinate their boys against the human papillomavirus (HPV), especially before they become sexually active. Girls have already been advised since 2006 to receive the vaccine, which protects against cervical cancer, genital warts, anal cancer, penile cancer, and head and neck cancers. The new recommendations encourage males between the ages of 9 and 26 to be vaccinated because, as ACSH's Dr. Gilbert Ross points out, If you protect males from HPV, you decrease their risk not only of contracting the virus and of the various diseases associated with it, but also of transmitting it, which would be a great benefit to females as well.
HPV vaccine recommended for boys
Both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American Academy of Pediatrics are now advising parents to vaccinate their boys against the human papillomavirus (HPV), especially before they become sexually active. Girls have already been advised since 2006 to receive the vaccine, which protects against cervical cancer, genital warts, anal cancer, penile cancer, and head and neck cancers.
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