HPV Vaccines Not As Effective For African-American Women

The strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV) most common in African-American women are not targeted by the currently-available HPV vaccines.

A new study, funded by the National Cancer Institute, found that two subtypes of HPV used in current vaccines are half as likely to be found in African-American women than in white women.

The senior author of the study, Duke University professor Dr. Cathrine Hoyo, joins Here & Now's Robin Young with details.