• About 30 women per day in the US are diagnosed with cervical cancer and ,either a man or woman, is diagnosed with genital warts every minute. 

• It is estimated that each minute in the United States, there is a new case of genital warts. About 2 out of 3 people will get genital warts after having any kind of genital contact with someone infected. 

• GARDASIL was approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in boys and young men ages 9 to 26 to help protect against 90% of genital warts cases. *****NOT JUST WOMEN****

• Both men and women can get HPV, and pass it on without even realizing it. HPV will affect an estimated 75% to 80% of males and females in their lifetime. For most, HPV clears on its own. But, for others, certain HPV diseases—such as cervical, vaginal, and vulvar cancers and genital warts—can develop. There is no way to predict who will or won't clear the virus.

• There are more than 30 types of genital HPV, and most will clear on their own, but for some people who don't clear certain types of the virus, cervical cancer can develop. Other types can cause genital warts.
  

• GARDASIL is the only human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine that helps protect against 4 types of HPV.

• Some celebrities include:  Marissa Jaret Winokur, Evita Peron, and Sandi Thom

• There are more than 30 types of genital HPV, and most will clear on their own, but for some people who don't clear certain types of the virus, cervical cancer can develop.

• Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers because of cervical cancer screenings.

Entire page by Sal Salerno.