The Missouri Department of Health says Missouri is ranked fourteenth in the world for new cases of cervical cancer. One in 142 girls born today will be diagnosed with cervical cancer sometime in life. It is about 240 people in Missouri.
Cervical cancer is mostly caused by contracting Human Papilloma Virus, or HPV.
Health Department Nurse Susan Kneeskern says children need to be vaccinated before they become sexually active. The three-dose series should be introduced from age nine to 11 or 12, the department recommends. Read More…
