Rhode Island To Require HPV Vaccine Of All 7th Graders Beginning This Fall.

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Atlanta, GA | Posted: July 29, 2015

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One state takes the initiative on HPV vaccines.

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The Providence (RI) Journal (7/29) reports seventh-graders in all public and private schools across Rhode Islands will be required to get the HPV vaccine beginning this fall. Rhode Island joins Virginia and Washington, DC as the third jurisdiction to make the vaccine mandatory.

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