Cervical cancer deaths have plummeted thanks to HPV vaccine (opens in new tab)

Michael Le Page at New Scientist: No women in England aged 20 to 24 died of cervical cancer between 2020 and 2024. This is the first time that zero cervical-cancer deaths have been recorded for this age group, and it’s thanks to the introduction of a vaccine against the human papillomavirus, or HPV. “The results are stunning,”…