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... ... @@ -4,16 +4,14 @@ 4 4 5 5 Several French-language posts also promote "immune-boosting" tablets formulated with AHCC ~-~- a derivative of the shiitake mushroom ~-~- with one user [[claiming>>url:https://perma.cc/6NVH-FFTE]] that HPV ruined her life until she discovered natural remedies. 6 6 7 -[[image:https://factcheck.afp.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_in_article/public/medias/factchecking/g2/2025-03/65a04b0fe6048f0752007537aa2b67ac-en.jpeg?itok=_pcP0SNB||height="563" width="611"]] 7 +(% class="wikigeneratedid" %) 8 +[[Screenshot of a Facebook post taken March 18, 2025>>image:https://factcheck.afp.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_in_article/public/medias/factchecking/g2/2025-03/65a04b0fe6048f0752007537aa2b67ac-en.jpeg?itok=_pcP0SNB||data-xwiki-image-style-alignment="center" height="563" id="Ihttps:2F2Ffactcheck.afp.com2Fsites2Fdefault2Ffiles2Fstyles2Fimage_in_article2Fpublic2Fmedias2Ffactchecking2Fg22F2025-032F65a04b0fe6048f0752007537aa2b67ac-en.jpeg3Fitok3D_pcP0SNB" width="611"]] 8 8 9 -Screenshot of a Facebook post taken March 18, 2025 10 - 11 11 The posts are part of a [[years-long push>>url:https://perma.cc/9XEV-5B8E]] by wellness influencers to misleadingly promote mushrooms and AHCC supplements for the prevention or treatment of HPV infection. 12 12 13 -[[image:https://factcheck.afp.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_in_article/public/medias/factchecking/g2/2025-03/276396630fcbc1d8b84732231f86289b-en.jpeg?itok=ufdWbFey||height="831" width="1100"]] 12 +(% class="wikigeneratedid" %) 13 +[[Screenshot of a TikTok taken March 18, 2025>>image:https://factcheck.afp.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_in_article/public/medias/factchecking/g2/2025-03/276396630fcbc1d8b84732231f86289b-en.jpeg?itok=ufdWbFey||data-xwiki-image-style-alignment="center" height="831" id="Ihttps:2F2Ffactcheck.afp.com2Fsites2Fdefault2Ffiles2Fstyles2Fimage_in_article2Fpublic2Fmedias2Ffactchecking2Fg22F2025-032F276396630fcbc1d8b84732231f86289b-en.jpeg3Fitok3DufdWbFey" width="1100"]] 14 14 15 -Screenshot of a TikTok taken March 18, 2025 16 - 17 17 Experts told AFP there is no cure for HPV and that supplements are not approved treatments for the virus. 18 18 19 19 The US Food and Drug Administration has [[taken action>>url:https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/newton-everettwr-group-inc-524181-09072017]] against companies selling AHCC supplements that claim the products are for use in the "cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease" (archived [[here>>url:https://web.archive.org/web/20250320155507/https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/newton-everettwr-group-inc-524181-09072017]]). ... ... @@ -78,10 +78,9 @@ 78 78 79 79 The HPV vaccine was [[first approved>>url:https://www.kff.org/womens-health-policy/fact-sheet/the-hpv-vaccine-access-and-use-in-the-u-s/#:~~:text=The%20FDA%20approved%20first%2Dgeneration,was%20approved%20by%20the%20FDA.]] in the United States in 2006 for girls and women, with approval for boys and men [[added>>url:https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11331487/#:~~:text=The%20first%20HPV%20vaccine%2C%20quadrivalent,by%20ACIP%20that%20same%20year.]] in 2011 (archived [[here >>url:https://perma.cc/E33Q-UYNX]]and [[here>>url:https://perma.cc/82QM-TVXV]]). The CDC currently [[recommends>>url:https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vpd/hpv/hcp/recommendations.html]] that children aged 11 to 12 get the vaccine in order to prevent infections that can lead to cancers later in life (archived [[here>>url:https://perma.cc/L5EP-VLK2]]). 80 80 81 -[[image:https://factcheck.afp.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_in_article/public/medias/factchecking/g2/2025-03/b324a5878608983efecaf8b18dfe3cd3-en.jpeg?itok=tsV7eyUx||height="733" width="1100"]] 79 +(% class="wikigeneratedid" %) 80 +[[A nurse gives a vaccine against HPV to a girl in Rennes, France in 2023 (AFP / DAMIEN MEYER)>>image:https://factcheck.afp.com/sites/default/files/styles/image_in_article/public/medias/factchecking/g2/2025-03/b324a5878608983efecaf8b18dfe3cd3-en.jpeg?itok=tsV7eyUx||data-xwiki-image-style-alignment="center" height="733" id="Ihttps:2F2Ffactcheck.afp.com2Fsites2Fdefault2Ffiles2Fstyles2Fimage_in_article2Fpublic2Fmedias2Ffactchecking2Fg22F2025-032Fb324a5878608983efecaf8b18dfe3cd3-en.jpeg3Fitok3DtsV7eyUx" width="1100"]] 82 82 83 -A nurse gives a vaccine against HPV to a girl in Rennes, France in 2023 (AFP / DAMIEN MEYER) 84 - 85 85 A [[recent study>>url:https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250227-us-study-highlights-success-story-of-hpv-vaccination]] showed the success of the vaccination, finding that rates of moderate-to-high-risk precancerous lesions related to HPV fell by 80 percent among women aged 20-24 in the United States who were screened for cervical cancer between 2008 and 2022. 86 86 87 87 [[Gardasil 9>>url:https://www.gardasil9.com/]], the HPV vaccine commonly distributed in the United States, cannot protect against all 200 strains of the virus. But [[according to>>url:https://www.cdc.gov/hpv/vaccines/index.html]] the CDC, it guards against nine of the most common, including the two strains most likely to lead to cancer (archived [[here>>url:https://perma.cc/9HZ4-UECC]]).
