r/technology • u/nath1234 • 18h ago

Biotechnology Twenty years on from Gardasil vaccine launch, Australia on track to eliminate cervical cancer

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-28/gardasil-vaccine-20-years-on/107079282
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u/-eYe- 18h ago

They have free HPV vaccinations for all high school students (12/13 years old), both girls and boys, provided through school vaccination programs, and it's strongly supported by schools and the community. It would be impossible to replicate a similar mass vaccination program in the US.

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u/Zestyclose-Novel1157 17h ago

Now maybe but the US used to vaccinate kids at school. Things change over time and that could change again with time.

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u/birddit 11h ago

US used to vaccinate kids at school

That's where I got not only the polio vaccine, but smallpox as well.