On Jan. 25, 2024, an historic study out of Scotland showed the real-world impact of vaccines against the human papillomavirus: The country had detected no cases of cervical cancer in women born between 1988-1996 who were fully vaccinated against HPV between the ages of 12 and 13.

The study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, is the first to monitor a national cohort of women over such a long time period and found no occurrence of cervical cancer.