Key Takeaways

In a nationally representative survey, 34% of U.S. adults were unaware of HPV and 38% were not aware of the HPV vaccine.

Even individuals who were aware of HPV often didn't know about its links to cervical and oral cancers.

Public awareness of HPV and the HPV vaccine was lowest in Midwestern and Southern states.

More than a third of surveyed U.S. adults weren't aware of human papillomavirus (HPV) or vaccination against it, and a majority did not know the virus can cause oral cancer, according to a cross-sectional study.

Fully 34.3% of surveyed adults said they had never heard of HPV, and 37.6% were not aware of the HPV vaccine, reported Kalyani Sonawane, PhD, of the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, and colleagues.

Knowledge of the link between HPV and

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