HPV Vaccination in Schools: Who Made the Vaccine — and What Happened to the Promise of Cancer Protection?
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On 28 April 2026, Berlin’s senator for science, health and care, Ina Czyborra (SPD), issued a press release titled “Senate weighs options to improve HPV vaccination coverage”. Core sentence: “HPV can cause cancer — and we have it in our hands to protect ourselves effectively against it.” The plan: information letters to parents of pupils in grades 4 through 10, integrating vaccination into the new U10 child-health check-up, and reminder systems where check-ups are missed.