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Today, doctors and scientists across America at National Cancer Institute (NCI)-designated cancer centers and other organizations issued a joint statement urging the nation s health care systems, physicians, parents and children, and young adults to get the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination back on track.
Dramatic drops in annual well visits and immunizations during the COVID-19 pandemic have caused a significant vaccination gap and lag in vital preventive services among U.S. children and adolescents especially for the HPV vaccine. The pandemic also has exacerbated health disparities, leaving Black, Indigenous and other people of color; rural; and sexual minority adolescents at even greater risk for missed doses of this cancer prevention vaccine.
Most people with cancer or undergoing active treatment for the disease should get vaccinated against COVID-19 at the earliest opportunity, experts say but it’s still not known how well protected they are from the virus after getting inoculated.
AVEO Oncology (Nasdaq: AVEO), a commercial and clinical development stage biopharmaceutical company, today announced the appointment of Kevin J. Cullen, M.D., to the Company’s Board of Directors. A widely recognized clinical oncologist with a specialty in head and neck cancer, Dr. Cullen is the Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Distinguished Professor in Oncology and director of the Program in Oncology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. He also serves as director of the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Comprehensive Cancer Center.
“Dr. Cullen, among the leading voices in cancer research and treatment, has made many important contributions to the evolving treatment of cancer, including head and neck cancers,” said Michael Bailey, president and chief executive officer of AVEO. “We are honored to welcome Dr. Cullen to the AVEO board of directors and look forward to his insights at a time where we embark on next steps in the clinic with our robus