Less Than Half of U.S. Teens Complete HPV Vaccinations

New research finds 43% get the full set of shots, while over 80% get Tdap and meningitis vaccines at the same age.

少於一半的美國青少年完成HPV疫苗

新研究發現，43％的患者獲得了全套照片，而超過80％的患者在同一時間獲得了Tdap和腦膜炎疫苗。

人類乳突病毒（human papillomavirus，縮寫為HPV，中國大陸譯作人類乳頭瘤病毒）是一種DNA病毒，屬於乳頭瘤病毒科乳頭瘤病毒屬。該類病毒感染人體的表皮與黏膜組織，目前約有170種類型的HPV被判別出來，有些時候HPV入侵人體後會引起疣甚至癌症，但大多數時候則沒有任何臨床症狀。

DPT (also DTP and DTwP) refers to a class of combination vaccines against three infectious diseases in humans: diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus. The vaccine components include diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and killed whole cells of the organism that cause pertussis (wP).

DTaP and Tdap are both combined vaccines against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis. The difference is in the dosage, with the upper case letters meaning higher quantity.^[3] The names are easy to confuse, and the Institute for Safe Medication Practices reports hundreds of cases of accidental mix-ups.^[4]

百白破疫苗是指百日咳、白喉、破傷風混合的疫苗（三合一疫苗）。它由百日咳疫苗、精製白喉和破傷風類毒素按比例配製而成，用於預防百日咳、白喉、破傷風三種疾病。按照三種疫苗的組合成分、比例不同，有幾種不同的百白破混合疫苗，會用不同的英文簡稱表示。

DPT疫苗也稱為DTP疫苗或DTwP疫苗，全名是白喉、破傷風及全細胞型百日咳三合一疫苗，包括白喉及破傷風的類毒素及不活化的百日咳博德特氏桿菌。

DTaP疫苗全名是非細胞型百日咳、白喉、破傷風三合一疫苗，其中已沒有百日咳桿菌（其中的a表示沒有細胞）。Tdap疫苗全名是減量破傷風白喉非細胞性百日咳混合疫苗，除了沒有百日咳桿菌外，破傷風白喉類毒素也有減量。

Irma Roars In, and All of Florida Shakes and Shudders

By FRANCES ROBLES, LIZETTE ALVAREZ and VIVIAN YEE

Hurricane Irma hit hardest at the Florida Keys and the Gulf Coast, but the whole state felt its wrath after one of the largest evacuations in American history.