28% of Louisiana adolescents received a first dose of HPV vaccine by their 13th birthday
Baton Rouge – While human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination rates have risen substantially, just 28.4% of adolescents in Louisiana received a first dose of the vaccine by their 13th birthday, according to a seven-year study of medical claims by the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (BCBSA). Nationally, 29% of Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) commercially insured adolescent members received an initial dose of the CDC-recommended HPV vaccination from 2013 through 2016. ... |