The executive order may not have much impact for 2017, since government rules for this year have already been incorporated into contracts signed with insurance companies. Departments like Health and Human Services and Treasury will have to issue policies that embody the new president's wishes. The Trump administration can rewrite regulations carrying out the legislation. New regulations cannot be issued overnight, but would have to follow a legally established process that requires public notice and an opportunity for interested parties to comment on the administration's changes.
Many American men are infected with the cancer-causing human papillomavirus (HPV), but unlike women, men are more likely to stay infected throughout their lives, a new study finds. About 45 percent of U.S. men are infected with the sexually transmitted disease, as are 45 percent of women. Among women, the prevalence of HPV infection drops to about 22 percent as they age, but it remains high among men, said lead researcher Dr. Jasmine Han. She is in the division of gynecologic oncology at Womack Army Medical Center, inFort Bragg, N.C. "We don't know why it stays high in men while it drops in women," she said. "Among men it's higher than expected." Han speculates that the virus may remain in men because it lives in the penile glands, while in women, the virus is near the surface of the vagina and is more easily shed.
A newreportcompiled by scientists from the Womack Army Medical Center in North Carolina revealed that although an equal percentage of U.S. men and women are infected with HPV (45 percent), vaccination rates are much lower for men. Based on this information, the study's lead author has suggested that the HPV vaccine become mandatory in order to prevent all genders from further cases of HPV-related cancers.
Medical Daily, January 20, 2017
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