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Over a summer lunch hour, a group of health care providers and caseworkers from across Illinois have gathered to both talk and listen.

Spreading the word about HPV’s Highly Protective Vaccine Written by Steve Sandstrom Published in Aspects Magazine, Autumn 2017 (40-4) The human papillomavirus is the most common sexually transmitted infection in the world. It can cause genital warts, anal cancer and cancer of the mouth and throat (oropharyngeal cancer)regardless of gender. It can also cause cancers of the cervix, vulva, vagina and of the penis. In 2012, about 528,000 new cases and 266,000 deaths occurred from cervical cancer worldwide. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than half of all sexually

Effective March 21, 2023, masks will be optional at all SIU clinics with the exception of the Simmons Cancer Institute.