Website: Choose to Know
Dec 8th, 2024 by Madeline Glass
About 8 out of 10 women will have HPV by the time they’re 50.7 out of 10 new HPV infections go away on their own, without causing problems, within a year.
It’s a corporate site, run by the developer of the HPV test, so there’s that bias, but there’s a ton of information contained inside, including a breakdown of HPV facts for women according to age.
The site’s easy to navigate and has an authoritative and helpful tone for women who’ve been diagnosed with HPV, the virus which causes most cervical cancers.
Madeline,
This is such an important topic. I too had a similar quandary not long ago when I was considering doing a post about the HPV vaccine, and I think for the very same reasons you mentioned; I didn’t want to be a shill for pharmaceutical giant Merck. I’m sure most of us have seen the company’s “Tell Someone” television ad campaign, which is a bit deceptive because it never mentions that a drug company is behind the message, and I hate to be the cynic in the room but it just really left me feeling mistrustful of the intentions. On the other hand, the information about HPV and the vaccine is so important; it’s almost irresponsible not to talk about it. Thanks for doing it in such a cool way.
- nina