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n this month of Breast Cancer Awareness, mindfulness of another potentially cancerous affliction affecting women is building across communities – the human papillomavirus, more commonly known as the HPV infection. Some 15 strains of the virus (there are about 100 in total) have been said to lead to a variety of cancers, predominantly cervical cancer. It is widespread and symptoms are rarely visible, spread through sexual contact and carried by both men and women. The progression to cancer is a result of ongoing cell mutation, and the process typically takes years before it becomes apparent. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC,) about 79 million Americans, most in their late teens and early 20s, are infected with HPV. But a relatively new vaccine, released in 2006, is designed to halt the HPV virus. In a June 2013 press release, the CDC pointed to a recent study that showed that since the 2006 introduction of the vaccine, the cancercausing strains of HPV cases have decreased by 56 percent among female teenagers 14 to 19 years of age. “Our mission is preventing illness, and the HPV vaccine is one way we protect public health,” says DuPage County Health Department spokesman David W. Hass,. It is effective and that is why we offer it through kanecountymagazine.com