Experts estimate that over 13,000 new cervical cancer diagnoses occurred in the United States in 2025, accompanied by over 4,000 cervical cancer-related deaths. Five-year survival for patients ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the country’s first at-home HPV screening device. The test is designed as an alternative to the Pap smear, a procedure that detects precancerous ...

A revolutionary development in cervical cancer screening is transforming the way millions of women approach their health care. The FDA’s recent approval of self-collection kits from leading healthcare ...

CLEVELAND — The Teal Wand detects high-risk types of Human Papillomavirus, the virus responsible for nearly all cervical cancers. Women can collect the sample at home and mail it to a lab for analysis ...

New federal guidelines will make it easier for women to get screened for cervical cancer. According to the new recommendations by the Health Resources and Services Administration, women between the ...

Mailed HPV self-collection kits more than doubled cervical cancer screening participation compared to a telephone reminder Screening rates increased to 41.1% and 46.6% with self-collection kits versus ...

If you have a cervix you may have felt a surge of relief — joy, even — when the American Cancer Society (ACS) announced its updated guidelines for cervical cancer screening in December. I know I did.

Annalisa (Nalis) Merelli is a contributing writer at STAT focused on boys’ and men’s health. Pap smears must be a strong contender for the worst best thing to happen to gynecology. The test, alongside ...

Study from New Zealand was of particular benefit to Mori and under-screened women ...