Too few U.S. youth getting vaccine for sexually transmitted virus: CDC

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Too few U.S. youth getting vaccine for sexually transmitted virus: CDC

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/too-few-u-youth-getting-vaccine-sexually-transmitted-170307124.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Lwhv.DD1HBbMJYw3AdaNwQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-07-24T170338Z_2_LYNXMPEA6N0TX_RTROPTP_2_USA-ANTHRAX-SCARE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The Centers for Disease Control sign is seen at its main facility in Atlanta" align="left" title="The Centers for Disease Control sign is seen at its main facility in Atlanta" border="0" /></a>By David Beasley ATLANTA (Reuters) - More U.S. adolescents are receiving vaccines against the sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical and other types of cancer but vaccination rates for the infection remain too low, federal health officials said on Thursday. In 2013, 37.6 percent of girls ages 13-17 got the recommended three doses of the vaccine against human papillomavirus (HPV), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. &quot;It’s frustrating to report almost the same HPV vaccination coverage levels among girls for another year,&quot; said Dr. Anne Schuchat, assistant surgeon general and director of the CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases. The percentage of boys receiving all three doses of the vaccine more than doubled, increasing to 13.9 percent in 2013 from 6.8 percent in 2012, according to data from the CDC's National Immunization Survey of teens.</p><br clear="all"/>

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