Researchers find reported HPV vaccine side effects could have been due to everyday infections

Common infections may have been the reason that a number of adolescents experienced symptoms after receiving the HPV vaccination, a new study conducted by Aarhus University suggests.
Photo: John Amis/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
Photo: John Amis/AP/Ritzau Scanpix
by andreas lønstrup, translated by catherine brett

Throat and sinus infections could have been the reason that a number of women reported side effects such as fatigue, headaches and dizziness after receiving the HPV vaccine for cervical cancer, Danish national news service DR reports. Some of the women were featured in a controversial documentary about the vaccine, which aired in 2015.

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