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According to the CDC, as many as 14 million Americans, including teens, get infected with the HPV Virus every year.HPV infection most often comes from sexual contact and is the virus that causes genital warts. Women and men can get certain cancers from HPV. The good news is, HPV vaccines offer protection against the types of HPV that are most likely to cause cancer. Vaccination is one of the best ways parents can protect their children from HPV related cancer.Philip Boucher, MD, is here to dispel myths and misunderstandings surrounding the HPV vaccination as a means of prevention of the HPV virus.