evidence: While VAERS maintains a record of adverse events reported after vaccination, no causal relationship between HPV vaccines and any of the serious side effects reported has been identified in scientific studies. In the US, approximately 13,000 new cases of cervical cancer will be diagnosed every year, and in 2016, more than 200,000 women were living with the disease. HPV vaccines play an important role in protecting future generations of women from cervical cancer.