CERVICAL CANCER CAN BE PREVENTED, YET LOUISIANA WOMEN HAVE FOURTH HIGHEST DEATH RATE IN U.S.
More Pap Tests and HPV Vaccines Would Save LivesThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states quite clearly “No woman should ever die from cervical cancer.” It is a disease that can be prevented through vaccination or detected early and cured through regular Pap testing. Yet cervical cancer still kills a few thousand U.S. women each year. Even worse news is that Louisiana accounts for a large number of those deaths, with the state having the fourth highest cervical cancer mortality rate in the nation. These are statistics that can and must be changed. According to the