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This vaccine can prevent cancer, but many teenagers still don't get it
The HPV vaccine can prevent cervical cancer in women and some cancers in men. It's most effective when given early in adolescence. But a new analysis finds only 29 percent of teens get it by age 13.
Led by e-cigs, MN youth tobacco use rises for first time since 2000
The embrace of e-cigarettes and vaping by Minnesota youth is reversing a long-term trend of declining teen tobacco use in Minnesota, the Minnesota Health Department said Thursday, noting that 1 in 5 high school students use e-cigarettes.
No one knows how long this season's outbreak will last, only that the number of flu-related hospitalizations has topped 4,200 and keeps growing, a state epidemiologist said.