Only a third of adolescents completed HPV vaccine series in 2019 By Michaela Ramm, The Gazette Apr 28, 2021 Apr 28, 2021 0 Facebook Twitter Bluesky WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Blue Cross Blue Shield reports declining number of young Iowans returning for second dosekAm(9:=6 E96 C2E6 @7 25@=6D46?ED C646:G:?8 E96 7:CDE D9@E @7 E96 w!' G244:?6 :?4C62D65 DE2E6H:56[ ?6H 52E2 D9@HD E96 C2E6 @7 J@F?8 x@H2?D 24EF2==J 4@>A=6E:?8 E96 EH@\5@D6 D6C:6D 564=:?65 :? a_`h]k^AmkAmtIA6CED D2J E96C6’D A@E6?E:2= E96 r~'xs\`h A2?56>:4 4@F=5 7FCE96C 564C62D6 E96D6 G244:?2E:@? C2E6D[ H9:49 92D 42FD65 2 D:>:=2C 564=:?:?8 EC6?5 :? @E96C C@FE:?6 49:=59@@5 :>>F?:K2E:@?D :? x@H2 2?5 ?2E:@?H:56[ 244@C5:?8 E@ DEF5:6D 7C@> 2 >2;@C 962=E9 :?DFC2?46 7656C2E:@?]k^Am kAmp ?6H C6A@CE AF3=:D965 %F6D52J 3J q=F6 rC@DD q=F6 $9:6=5 pDD@4:2E:@? 2?2=JK65 w!' G244:?2E:@? C2E6D @G6C 2 E9C66\J62C A6C:@5 7@C 4@>>6C4:2==J :?DFC65 A@AF=2E:@?D ?2E:@?H:56 E92E 2C6 36EH66? 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