Boakye EA, Babatunde OA, Wang M, et al. - Researchers examined variation in human papillomavirus vaccination initiation and completion among men and women aged 18–34 years by geographic region. From the 2015–2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, they obtained data of a total of 18,078 adults for inclusion in this study; of these adults, 80% resided in the South. Observations revealed an overall vaccination initiation rate of 23.4%, and the completion rate of 11.0%. Those who resided in the Northeast had higher initiation (38.6%), followed by those resided in Midwest/West (23.8%), and the lowest initiation was reported for those in the South (21.8%). Completion rates followed the same trend as initiation. Findings overall suggest a low uptake of human papillomavirus vaccine for all regions, however, the South region had significantly lower vaccine uptake. This establishes the necessity to determine barriers specifically linked with the Southern population, which may include differing levels of education and insurance.