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

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

While the Pap was invented in the 1940s and involves inspecting cervical cells for precancerous or cancerous shifts, in the ...

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

Health disruptors are introducing new ways to screen for cervical cancer that skip the speculum entirely. And Teal's the first to bring at-home screening to women in all 50 states.

The Teal Wand is an FDA-approved device for at-home cervical cancer screening. It works like a tampon, allowing women to ...

Cervical cancer is often curable when diagnosed in its initial stages and is highly preventable if pre-cancerous abnormalities are caught early. Yet many individuals diagnosed with cervical cancer in ...

The first shipments of some self-collection HPV tests for cervical cancer screening are currently on their way to doctors’ offices across the United States. In May, the US Food and Drug Administration ...

A major update to federal women’s health preventive guidance will make it easier for women to get screened for cervical ...

In early December, the American Cancer Society updated its guidelines for the first time since 2020. Now, all women nationwide are eligible for at-home cervical cancer screening.

Testing for cervical cancer using HPV testing in addition to the Pap smear is unlikely to detect cancer cases that wouldn't be found using HPV testing alone. A new paper in the Journal of the National ...

If you feel pretty damn proud of yourself for scheduling a Pap smear or pelvic exam, we don’t blame you. This kind of preventive care is incredibly important but also easy to put off or cut from your ...