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"Just the Vax" Trivia Corner
July 10, 2025

What was the first vaccine to prevent a known cause of cancer? 

A. Shingles vaccine

B. Hepatitis B vaccine

C. MMR vaccine

D. Chickenpox vaccine

Supplementary information: The correct answer is B. Hepatitis B can cause liver cancer. Therefore, when the hepatitis B vaccine was developed, it was the first vaccine to prevent a known cause of cancer. Today, two routinely administered vaccines prevent cancer – the hepatitis B vaccine and the HPV vaccine.

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