January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, and according to the American Association for Cancer Research, the United States ...

Pap smears are no longer the preferred screening option for women 30 to 65 years old. With our LiveWell app and website, you ...

In the end, the ball is in your court. You can still get Pap smears (which usually include an HPV test, too) or you can ask ...

The Alberta government says it wants to replace the routine Pap smear with a newer screening test to detect the risk of ...

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Cervical cancer is caused by the Human Papillomavirus and it’s a slow-growing ...

Research has shown that self-collected tests have similar efficacy as when a medical doctor does the screening, according to ...

A doctor and public health expert explains why the new federal guidelines expanding cervical cancer screening to at-home ...

A UVA Health physician helped shape new guidelines to expand at-home testing and prevent cancer before it starts.

Following the 2024 FDA approval of a new self-collection test to detect HPV, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force ...

U.S. guidance announced on Monday recommends self-collection of samples to test for HPV, the virus that often causes cervical ...

Cervical cancer is one of the most common female medical hazards, induced mostly by infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV). If untreated early, infection becomes cancer with fatal results. The ...

The guidelines, published Jan. 5 by the Health Resources and Services Administration, now recommend that average-risk women ...