The share of teenage boys getting the vaccine to prevent the cancer-causing human papillomavirus climbed significantly last year, according to a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The vaccination rate among girls rose as well, but not as steeply.
The CDC report says that 28.1 percent of boys between ages 13 and 17 completed the three-dose HPV vaccination cycle in 2015, compared to 21.6 percent the previous year. For girls, the percentage rose from 39.7 percent to 41.9 percent.
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