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From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

December 14, 2001

Some 2,500 West Virginia women with little or no health insurance will be tested next year for human papillomavirus (HPV), a risk factor associated with cervical cancer. The project will be funded by a $498,000 federal grant. West Virginia University's Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center will help recruit and train doctors for the project.

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12.11.01

This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.

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