LITTLE ROCK - The Arkansas Health Division says it won't require preteen girls to receive the new H-P-V vaccine. The Vaccine prevents a sexually transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer. Officials say the state has already seen an increase in the number of parents who don't vaccinate their children. And the H-P-V vaccine is associated with sex, which could cause even more parents to request exemptions from immunizations.
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