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Oklahoma senator calls for mandatory HPV vaccination for sixth-grade girls

  An Oklahoma state senator has introduced legislation to make vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV) mandatory for preteen girls entering sixth grade.   HPV is a family of sexually transmitted viruses. A few strains have been linked to cervical cancer. The newly developed, Food and Drug Administration-approved vaccine would inoculate young girls against four strains […]

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