Like many states, New Hampshire jumped quickly to offer the HPV vaccine to girls as young as 11 years old.
The vaccine fights off four strains of the humanpapiloma virus – including two strains that cause 70% of cervical cancers.
But it’s priced higher than any vaccine to date - and already accounts for nearly 30% of the state's universal vaccine budget - just to cover the first round of inoculations.
So some health experts wonder if offering the vaccine is the best way to spend limited tax dollars.
NHPR’s Dianne Finch reports.
