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Last year, many students left school dismayed that the price of the HPV vaccine Gardasil, which remained at the prohibitive cost of $154 per shot at Harvard University Health Services (UHS). We sure did. Last fall, the Harvard HPV Vaccine Awareness Campaign collected over 900 signatures in support of a...
Nonetheless, we continued to advocate that students be educated about HPV and make an informed choice whether or not to get the vaccine. To judge how much our campus knew about human papillomavirus (HPV), we conducted a survey with undergraduates at the College. The most important conclusion from the study...
Imagine our delight when we returned to campus this fall to learn that UHS is offering Gardasil for $25 per shot for students with Harvard health insurance! We feel that this time UHS has truly listened to the needs of the students and acted swiftly to make this technology available...
A study published in February this year found that 44.8 percent of all women (sexually active and not) between the ages of 20 and 24 have contracted some form of HPV. Additionally, the occurrence of HPV is greatest in the first few years of sexual activity. College is a freer...
While we are thrilled with the recent developments at UHS, we cannot help but feel like our work is not yet finished. Our survey last spring found that while 71 percent of Harvard women would happily talk with their friends about HPV and the vaccine, only 38 percent of females...