<
From version < 6.1 >
edited by Admin
on 2025/04/25 19:00
To version < 3.1 >
edited by Isabelle Wirth
on 2025/04/24 15:53
>
Change comment: There is no comment for this version

Summary

Details

Page properties
Author
... ... @@ -1,1 +1,1 @@
1 -XWiki.Admin
1 +XWiki.IsabelleWirth
Content
... ... @@ -4,14 +4,16 @@
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 -(% 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"]]
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"]]
9 9  
9 +Screenshot of a Facebook post taken March 18, 2025
10 +
10 10  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.
11 11  
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"]]
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"]]
14 14  
15 +Screenshot of a TikTok taken March 18, 2025
16 +
15 15  Experts told AFP there is no cure for HPV and that supplements are not approved treatments for the virus.
16 16  
17 17  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]]).
... ... @@ -76,9 +76,10 @@
76 76  
77 77  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]]).
78 78  
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"]]
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"]]
81 81  
83 +A nurse gives a vaccine against HPV to a girl in Rennes, France in 2023 (AFP / DAMIEN MEYER)
84 +
82 82  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.
83 83  
84 84  [[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]]).
XWiki.FactCheck.FactCheckClass[0]
Publication date
... ... @@ -1,1 +1,0 @@
1 -2025-04-25 19:00:03.738
Published
... ... @@ -1,1 +1,1 @@
1 -Yes
1 +No

ADMO

EDMO Network

Follow us

Co-funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HADEA). Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.