UK: Scientists recommend HPV vaccine for boys

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'Boys should be given the HPV jab alongside girls to prevent cancer and not doing so is ‘discriminatory’, scientists claim.

The vaccine protects against the Human Papilloma Virus, which triggers a range of cancers including cervical in women and head, throat and neck.

It is already offered to 12 and 13 year old schoolgirls and is estimated to protect against 70 per cent of cervical cancers but the Government is reluctant to roll it out to males.

The Department of Health is currently overseeing a pilot which launched last month to test the cost and effectiveness at offering the jab in some clinics.

But growing numbers of academics say it should be given to adolescent boys at the same time as girls to prevent cancers of the throat, head and neck.'