(1888PressRelease) January is the month to encourage HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screenings.
INDIANAPOLIS, IN – Each year in the United States, over 4000 women die from cervical cancer and another 10,000+ are diagnosed with the disease. In Indiana, there are approximately 250 new cases of cervical cancer every year. Every three days, a Hoosier woman dies from cervical cancer. The Cervical Cancer-Free America Initiative, including the Kristen Forbes EVE Foundation and University of North Carolina Gillings School of Public Health, is working hard save lives.