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Dental teams should receive priority access to COVID-19 vaccine
Health and social care workers should be granted priority access to a COVID-19 vaccine when available in the UK. This…
Dentistry
No catch-up HPV vaccine programme for boys, Steve Brine MP says
Steve Brine MP has said there will be no catch-up HPV vaccine programme for boys. In a letter to the…
Dentistry
HPV vaccine will be offered to boys in England
The HPV vaccine will now be given to boys aged 12 to 13 in England, the Government has announced. Until…
Dentistry
HPV vaccine to be extended to boys, JCVI recommends
UK Government advisers have recommended extending funding for human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines to boys. The HPV vaccine is currently offered to…
Oral health
HPV vaccine to be extended to boys
The HPV vaccine will be extended to all teenage boys and girls, to help protect them against deadly cancers. Since…
Dentistry
Dental associations jointly call for HPV vaccination
Dental associations have jointly written to the Government calling for the HPV vaccine to be extended to girls and boys. The British…
Dentistry
JCVI using flawed evidence to reject HPV vaccinations
The BDA has accused the JCVI of using flawed modelling as a basis to reject HPV vaccinations in all children.…
Dentistry
HPV vaccination failure condemned across dental profession
The JCVI has today refused to extend the HPV (Human Papilloma Virus) vaccine to all boys. The decision, which has been…
Oral health
Health minister backs HPV vaccination
A health minister has hinted that she backs giving all boys the HPV vaccine to cut rising rates of mouth…
Dentistry
Government urged to reconsider HPV vaccination policies
The Government has been urged to consider changing its policies over HPV vaccinations to stop the spread of mouth cancer.…
Oral health
More than two-thirds of patients with mouth cancer test positive for HPV
More than two-thirds of patients with mouth cancer who had a human papilloma virus (HPV) test gave a positive result,…
Dentistry
Delay on HPV decision
A senior MP has attacked a long delay before a decision on whether to give boys a vaccine to cut…
Oral health
BDA calls for a blanket vaccination against HPV
The British Dental Association (BDA), as a member of the HPV Alliance, is urging the Joint Committee on Vaccination and…
Dentistry