Free HPV vaccinations: Protect yourself quickly and save lives!

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On HPV Day, March 5, 2025, inexpensive vaccinations against HPV will be offered in Vienna. Find out about dates and locations.

Free HPV vaccinations: Protect yourself quickly and save lives!

On March 4, 2025, a free vaccination against human papillomavirus will be offered in Vienna on the occasion of World HPV Day to reduce the risk of cervical cancer. The vaccinations take place in several locations, including the Museum of Applied Arts and the Vienna University of Applied Sciences WKW. Nine to thirty year olds are expected to be vaccinated from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The HPV vaccine Gardasil 9 is used and full immunization requires two vaccinations. The deadline for the last chance for vaccination is the end of June 2025, as the free vaccination offer is expected to end in December 2025 orf.at reported.

Safety and side effects of vaccinations

The World Health Organization (WHO) has demonstrated a clear benefit of Covid-19 vaccinations: In Europe, these vaccinations saved around 1.4 million lives. Hundreds of millions of doses have been vaccinated in Germany and worldwide, with the Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI) taking over the safety monitoring of the vaccines. Typical vaccine reactions are often harmless and include redness or swelling at the injection site and flu-like symptoms. These reactions are a sign that the immune system is reacting. Loud ndr.de Serious vaccination side effects are rare, but all suspected cases should be reported to ensure the safety of the vaccines. Of the approximately 340,282 suspicious activity reports registered between the end of 2020 and March 2023, only a few orders were causal in nature for the serious reactions.

The PEI highlights that rare vaccination side effects such as myocarditis and Guillain-Barré syndrome have also been documented, but can often be compared with a significantly higher frequency in Covid-19 infections. Overall, the rate of serious side effects following Covid-19 vaccinations is extremely low, which is underscored by ongoing studies and monitoring. Despite the restrictions, it is important that vaccinated people and their relatives pay attention to possible symptoms and report them if necessary to ensure the overall safety of the vaccinations.