In an effort to combat the prevalence of cervical cancer in the United States, the Food and Drug Administration has approved the first ever at-home cervical cancer screening kit. On Friday, May 9, the ...

Cervical Cancer Prevention Week 2025 is a timely reminder of the importance of being proactive and aware when it comes to our health. As mums, it's easy to place ourselves and our own health lower ...

Many people dread going into the doctor's office for a Pap smear or HPV test, but that's no longer the only cervical cancer screening option. Now, we have the Teal Wand, the first and only at-home ...

Women 30 and older should be given an opportunity to self-test for cervical cancer, a federal health panel advised this week as part of an effort to expand screenings to groups that do not get enough ...

A genomic test for the human papillomavirus has shown promise in early-stage trials, raising hopes that it could bolster cervical cancer screening among women living in sub-Saharan Africa, the region ...

One solution could be to offer self-sampling HPV tests so that women could complete cervical screening at home. A 2024 YouScreen trial by King's College London investigated the effectiveness of this ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . HPV vaccination and routine cervical cancer screening are the main methods of prevention. At-home HPV screening ...

Previously called a Pap smear, Cervical Screening Tests have come a long way since the scheme was first introduced in Australia in 1991. For example, I had my first test at 21-years-old, pre-2017. It ...

New plans have been announced to shake up the way cervical cancer risk is detected in England: at-home HPV testing kits are set to be offered to women who have missed their cervical smear test ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Cervical cancer screening intervals could be extended for women aged 30 and over if doctors used human papillomavirus (HPV) testing rather than smear tests, British scientists said ...