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

Standing on a busy street in Skid Row on a recent sunny day, Mary Marfisee tried to block out street noise as she popped her ...

A Pap smear is a routine, sometimes uncomfortable, gynecological test that can detect abnormal cervical cells before they ...

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

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.

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

New federal guidance is expanding testing for cervical cancer with a self-collection method. Dr. Mara Gordon speaks to NPR about why this option might become popular for screening for HPV.

For the first time ever, women across the U.S. have access to a comfortable, convenient, and accurate at-home cervical cancer screening that is FDA-authorized and recommended in the screening ...

LOS ANGELES -- The American Cancer Society is now endorsing a change in cervical cancer screening guidelines that could mean less women going in for pap smears. The update supports women collecting ...

You may have heard about HPV testing and self-swabbing to collect the sample. Does that work as well? Here are the ins and outs of this newer option. Do you have a medical question you'd like to get a ...