The HPV vaccine means young women now have ‘close to zero’ risk of cervical cancer death.
17 June 2026
A new study finds that hundreds of lives have been saved since school-age girls in the UK were offered the HPV jab in 2008.
Between 2020 and 2024, no cervical cancer deaths were recorded in women aged 20 to 24 - the first time that had happened over a five-year period.
Between 2020 and 2024, no cervical cancer deaths were recorded in women aged 20 to 24 - the first time that had happened over a five-year period.