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    Adolescent Consent for HPV Vaccine: Ethical, Legal, and Practical Considerations
    (Elsevier, 2021) Zimet, Gregory D.; Silverman, Ross D.; Bednarczyk, Robert A.; English, Abigail; Pediatrics, School of Medicine
    Healthy People 2020 set a goal of 80% series completion for HPV vaccine. 1 The 2019 National Immunization Survey-Teen shows that 54.2% of adolescents aged 13-17 years were up-to-date with the vaccine series. 2 Although this coverage level represents an incremental increase over 2018, it remains well-below the Healthy People goal. Furthermore, HPV vaccine ordering and administration have dropped dramatically during the COVID-19 pandemic.