Jennifer Bixler
CNN
October 25, 2011
A federal government advisory committee voted Tuesday to recommend that boys and young men, from ages 11 to 21, be vaccinated against the human papilloma virus, commonly referred to as HPV.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) says the vaccine series can be started as early as age 9.
Twelve members of the committee voted in favor of a recommendation that 11 and 12-year-old boys be vaccinated; one member abstained.
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