The Rigged-Up Net

Taking Aim at a Stealthy STD

Most of the people who have HPV don’t know it. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention , about 20 million men and women in the United States have HPV and about 5.5 million are exposed to the virus each year. At least 50 percent of sexually active people have the virus, and by the age of 50, 80 percent of women have contracted HPV.

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Oral sex linked to mouth cancer

Oral sex can lead to oral tumours. That is the conclusion of researchers who have proved what has long been suspected, that the human papilloma virus can cause oral cancers.