City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito is urging the state to allow kids as young as 9 to get the human papillomavirus 🌊vaccine without parental consent.
HPV can lead to cancer. Its vaccine is most effective𝄹 when taken between age 9 and 12, but state law stops minors from receiving it without adult permission.
In August, the speake✃r revealed she had contracted the virus.