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    New evidence shows why the HPV vaccine is as important for boys as girls

    A public health message fails to sink in, but new data show why it should: The HPV vaccine is as important for boys as girls.
    by Matthew Herper Sep 11, 2019 4 minutes
    The FDA first approved the HPV vaccine, Merck’s Gardasil, in 2006.

    Earlier this year, the biotech community mourned the loss of Michael Becker, a former pharmaceutical industry executive who turned his cancer into a teaching moment. In 2018, we watched on his blog as cancer drugs failed him, as he became hale and hearty as he stopped chemo, and then as the cancer returned. The tumors invaded his bones, so he needed a cane. In July, his cancer killed him.

    Becker’s cancer was caused by the human papilloma virus, or HPV. On Tuesday, researchers published new data that show how preventable his case was if only he’d had a chance to have the vaccine, Gardasil. The data also underline : A vaccine that is still largely seen

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