Researchers say they've found a link between smoking and cervical cancer. They say smoking along with the human papillomavirus, or HPV, may work together to increase the risk of the cancer.

The Swedish study found that women who were infected with HPV are six times more likely to develop cancer than women who don't have the virus

Only 40 percent of women ages 18 to 75 have ever heard of the human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and less than 20 percent knew it can cause cervical cancer.

More than 3,000 women participated in the 2005 Health Information National Trends Survey. 64 percent of them knew that HPV was sexually transmitted and 79 percent knew it could cause abnormal Pap smears

The European Union has endorsed a cervical cancer vaccine called Gardasil. British medical doctors say the vaccine could prevent about 3,000 cancers annually in the UK alone.

The vaccine will be administered to girls and women aged from nine to twenty-six. The Sanofi Pasteur-made vaccine works against human papillomavirus (HPV), which is said to cause cervical cancer, and also protects against cervical cancer caused by HPV strains 6, 11, 16 and 18

A new study suggests that Human papillomavirus (HPV) may make it more difficult to conceive with in vitro fertilization (IVF). The study that was published in the journal Fertility and Sterility, only 17 women in the group of more than 100 tested positive for HPV.

The ABC news reports that researchers from New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center found that women who tested positive for HPV were about half as likely to conceive from IVF compared to women who tested negative

A national, bi-partisan, non-profit organization is calling on middle schools to make vaccination against the human papillomavirus (HPV), mandatory for girls.

HPV is the cause of cervical cancer, and now the group, Women In Government, which represents women state legislators, says all girls should take the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved vaccine