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 ...

This is less than a year after the Teal Wand from Teal Health became the first at-home cervical cancer screening test approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Testing for high-risk human papillomaviruses every five years – even with a self-collected sample – is the “preferred screening strategy” for cervical cancer starting at age 30, according to a new ...

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 ...

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 ...

Self-collected vaginal specimens are now acceptable for cervical cancer screening, according to new guidelines from the American Cancer Society. Clinician-collected cervical specimens are still ...

Share on Pinterest The FDA has approved the “Teal Wand,” the first-ever self-collection test to screen for cervical cancer. Anchiy/Getty Images The FDA approved the first at-home self-collection test ...

Testing menstrual blood for human papillomavirus (HPV) could be a "robust alternative or replacement" for current cervical cancer screening by a clinician, finds a study from China published by The ...