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Video Extra: Health Minute: HPV Study

By: Stephen Crews

Updated: October 16, 2012

There's been a lot of controversy over the H-P-V vaccine.

Because the inoculation is designed to protect young people against a common sexually transmitted disease known as the human papillomavirus, some people believe the shot gives the go-ahead for many teens to have sex.

But rearchers are finding that's not the case. Here's Catherine Kim with today's Health Minute.

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