Kristen Forbes died in 2008, just a year after she was diagnosed with cervical cancer caused by a virus. Her story is one of five being shared by filmmakers Tuesday during a screening of "Someone you Love: The HPV Epidemic" at the  

Health WUSF, April 13,, 2015

The team found the Canadian health care system saves $6 million to $22 million ($8 million to $28 million in Canadian dollars) for every 192,000 boys who are inoculated. The HPV vaccine is currently only covered for girls in Canadian health plans, the Toronto Star reported. Their study was published Monday in Cancer, the journal of the American Cancer Society. Those cost savings are likely even greater in the U.S. where the average patient with throat cancer with private insurance will run up $79,151 in treatment costs in the first year after diagnosis. A comparable course of treatment in the Canadian health care system costs about $20,000.

International Business Times, April 13, 2015

Nova Scotia to include boys in HPV vaccination schedule

Boys in Nova Scotia will begin receiving free vaccinations against the human papillomavirus next fall, a move that makes the Maritime province only the third in Canada to extend public funding of the cancer-thwarting shot to all children, regardless of gender.

The Globe and Mail, April 10, 2015

About 60 percent of queer men and other men who have sex with men (MSM) have been infected by HPV. (In other words, that's about six out of every 10 guys that you could choose as a sex partner.) More than 80 percent of those who are HIV-positive have also been infected by HPV. In an attempt to reach a vulnerable population, the Vancouver-based Health Initiative for Men has launched a campaign called #GetGarded to raise awareness about the high rates of HPV infection and anal cancer and to encourage men to get immunized.

Straight.com, April 10, 2015

Findings revealed that both male and female offspring in the exercise groups were healthier and that the males seemed to receive significantly more benefits than the females.

Science World, April 9, 2015

There is a welcome movement afoot to counter the darker side of masculinity that crams boys and men into an aggressive, proud, emotionally empty box. It's not easy to break down the deep-seated social law requiring boys and men to maintain a tough-guy façade regardless of what's going on inside. Progress is happening with groups like the  ManKind Community,the Good Men Project  and  Men's Sheds; and the recently released documentary The Mask You Live In that targets the way we fail our boys through unhealthy expectations of manliness. Yet the daily headlines are disturbingly packed with not-so-isolated stories of hazing, rape culture, misogynist online activity and violent acts perpetrated by young men.

The Globe and Mail, April 2, 2015