For the first time, Trillium Lakelands District School Board is offering the HPV vaccine to boys.
This comes as school-based vaccinations will soon start in Haliburton County.
The Haliburton-Kawartha Lakes-Pine Ridge District Health Unit says previously the vaccine was only available for girls in grade eight.
But now, it will be offered to all grade seven students including boys.
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Our local health unit says the change was made because both genders can get cancer from HPV.
Parents can expect an information package and a consent form in the next couple of weeks.