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Vaccination program reduces HPV-related diseases in gay, bisexual men A study by Monash University and Alfred Health found a 70 per cent reduction in one type of human papillomavirus (HPV) in gay and bisexual men after the implementation of the school-based HPV vaccination program. The HYPER2 study, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, and led by Associate Professor Eric Chow, found there was a significant reduction in all four vaccine-preventable genotypes in gay/bisexual men aged 16-20 years following the introduction of the vaccine for boys in 2013. Australia is one of the first a...

HPV vaccine success in gay and bisexual men Study shows a significant reduction after vaccination of young men. Credit: Jes2ufoto / Getty Images. A significant reduction in four vaccine-preventable human papillomavirus (HPV) strains was seen after a vaccine program that targeted young gay and bisexual men between 16 and 20 years old. The study, called HYPER2 and led by Eric Chow of Monash University along with Alfred Health, saw up to 70% reduction in one type of HPV in gay and bisexual men after the school-based program was introduced in 2013. Australia is the first – and one of only a few...

 E-Mail A study by Monash University and Alfred Health found a 70 per cent reduction in one type of human papillomavirus (HPV) in gay and bisexual men after the implementation of the school-based HPV vaccination program. The HYPER2 study, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, and led by Associate Professor Eric Chow, found there was a significant reduction in all four vaccine-preventable genotypes in gay/bisexual men aged 16-20 years following the introduction of the vaccine for boys in 2013. Australia is one of the first and few countries that have both boys and girls vaccination p...

The number of gonorrhoea infections in Melbourne spiked by 45 per cent between 2015 and 2018, confronting figures released this week by the Department of Health showed.

Halfpoint / iStock The postinfectious COVID-19–related multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS) first characterized in children has a different presentation in adults that may lead to underrecognition, according to a small, single-center study today in JAMA Network Open. Conducted by researchers at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, the retrospective study involved 15 patients 21 years and older who met the working definition for MIS in adults (MIS-A) from Mar 1 to Sep 30, 2020, and were hospitalized 14 to 84 days after testing positive for COVID-19 or 15 days before or after SARS-CoV-2 ...