BBCNEWS BBC News November 4, 2021 17:52:00
By almost 90% in some age groups. one of the lead researchers has described the impact of the uk vaccination programme as "huge". the charity cancer research uk says the findings are "historic". here's more from our health correspondent dominic hughes. almost all cases of cervical cancer are linked to the human papillomavirus. the hpv vaccine programme, targeting the virus itself, was introduced in the uk in 2008, when girls aged between 11 and 13 were first offered the jab. and, since september 2019, boys of the same age have also been eligible. now, the first real—world study of the vaccin...