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

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration issued new recommendations on Monday that will eventually allow women ...

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

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

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

The updated recommendation expands cervical cancer screening options to include certain FDA-approved self-collection tests.

January is often believed to be the month of ‘new year resolutions’. Let us tell you that this is also the ‘Cervical Cancer ...

Being diagnosed with human papillomavirus (HPV) can be upsetting, to say the least. Many people already know about the link between HPV and various forms of cancer. But there’s no reason to freak out, ...

Analyses of self-tests for human papillomavirus (HPV) can be used to divide HPV-positive women into three risk groups, according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet and Queen Mary University of ...

Many women are likely familiar with the Pap smear, but some might not know about the HPV test (human papillomavirus test). Pap smears and HPV tests are the most common ways to detect cervical cancer, ...

In the hubbub and widespread criticism that accompanied the CDC’s new recommended childhood vaccine schedule, released this ...