If you had the chance to protect your child from painful and disfiguring cancer, would you?

Early in my nursing career, I worked on a head and neck surgical cancer floor. The memories of caring for the brave patients (mostly men) who could no longer speak and had become badly disfigured from surgery has never left me. At that time, smoking was the leading cause of these cancers.

In the intervening years, the cause of these cancers has changed, and the human papilloma virus (HPV) has now been identified as the primary cause of the uptick throat cancers. An estimated 70% of these cancers in men are now known to be caused by HPV.

Protecting our kids from head and neck (including throat) cancer as well as five other HPV-related cancers is as simple as getting the shot. Crossett Brook Middle School is hosting a free HPV vaccination clinic for youth 9-18 on March 12. For more information go to: https://huusd.org/blog/hpv-vaccine-clinic-registration-is-open

Event Info

Mar 12, 2025, 7 to 8:30 PM

Mar 12, 2025, 7 to 8:30 PM

Mar 15, 2025, 7:30 to 8:30 AM