Illinois ranks low for HPV vaccine

While public health officials have been recommending since 2006 that preteen girls be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus, the percentage of teen girls in Illinois who received the prescribed dosage plunged last year, according to recently released federal estimates.

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