Free Screening of Someone You Love: The HPV Epidemic
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 19, 2016
Contact
Whitney Greger, Health Educator I
(217) 531-2914 /
Amy Roberts, Public Relations
(217) 531-4264 /
Free Screening of Someone You Love: The HPV Epidemic
Champaign-Urbana Public Health District to Host Free Screening of Documentary
Champaign, IL – The Champaign-Urbana Public Health District (CUPHD) will host a screening of the documentary Someone You Love: The HPV Epidemic on Tuesday, May 3, 2016. The event will be held at the Art Theater Co-op located at 126 W. Church Street in Champaign from 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM. The event is free to the public and includes a panel discussion following the screening featuring local experts currently battling HPV and cervical cancer in the area. Popcorn will be available free of charge.
The human papillomavirus, or HPV, may be the most widespread, misunderstood and unknown epidemic. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), HPV is so common that almost all sexually active men and women will get it at some point in their lives and most will not even realize that they have it. Cervical cancer is almost exclusively caused by HPV. Human papillomavirus is also responsible for 70 percent of vaginal and vulvar cancers and 60 percent of penile cancers.
The documentary Someone You Love: The HPV Epidemic will introduce five women whose lives have been changed forever, and in some cases, ended by this deadly virus.
For more information, please contact Whitney Greger at (217) 531-2914.
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