Claire, a Graduate Assistant for #VaxVentureUND, lost her grandmother to HPV-related cervical cancer in 2013. Claire's grandparents got married in 1953. While her grandmother had no previous partners prior to marriage, her grandfather was in the military and did have past partners. Neither knew they had HPV until the cancer diagnosis.⠀ ⠀ "𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯. 𝘐 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘨𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘷𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥. 𝘐 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳. 𝘈𝘭𝘭 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘬𝘪𝘥𝘴 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘪𝘵."⠀ ⠀ 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗿𝗲'𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗳𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿⠀ 𝙿𝚊𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚢 𝚒𝚗 𝟸0𝟸𝟷⠀ ⠀ 👉 For more information on how to protect yourself from #HPV, visit CDC.gov/hpv.