Doctors address the pros and cons of Health Resources and Services Administration’s new guidance, including at-home ...

This is less than a year after the Teal Wand from Teal Health became the first at-home cervical cancer screening test approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Testing menstrual blood for human papillomavirus (HPV) could be a "robust alternative or replacement" for current cervical cancer screening by a clinician, finds a study from China published by The ...

The cobas HPV test uses PCR amplification of target DNA sequences and nucleic acid hybridisation for the detection of 14 high-risk types of HPV, including genotyping for types HPV 16 and HPV 18.

If you have a cervix you may have felt a surge of relief — joy, even — when the American Cancer Society (ACS) announced its updated guidelines for cervical cancer screening in December. I know I did.

HPV infections and precancerous lesions have dropped significantly since the introduction of a vaccine.The recommended age for the HPV vaccine is around 11 to 12 years old, but it's approved for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cervical cancer screening is about to get a lot more convenient. That’s because the latest cervical cancer screening guidelines ...

Annalisa (Nalis) Merelli is a contributing writer at STAT focused on boys’ and men’s health. Pap smears must be a strong contender for the worst best thing to happen to gynecology. The test, alongside ...

New federal guidelines announced updated cervical cancer screening guidelines to include self-collection methods for HPV testing for females ages 30 to 65 with an average risk. The American Cancer ...

Federal guidelines are expanding the ways to test for cervical cancer beyond the Pap smear, the uncomfortable procedure done at a doctor's office that many people dread. New recommendations from the ...