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Darshak M. Sanghavi, MD, associate professor of pediatrics and chief of pediatric cardiology, appeared on NBC Nightly News in a segment about new recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that call for boys aged 11 and 12 to receive the HPV vaccine. HPV infections cause about 15,000 cancers in women and 7,000 cancers in men each year. The committee recommended in 2006 that girls and young women ages 11 to 26 should be vaccinated.
Dr. Sanghavi is a frequent contributor to Slate, the New York Times Magazine and the NBC Today Show.
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