Individuals living in rural areas more likely to be diagnosed with later-stage cervical cancer, and 14% of the US population live in rurality. HealthDay News — American Cancer Society (ACS) guidelines ...

Women with an average risk of developing cervical cancer may test themselves at home for the virus that causes the disease, the American Cancer Society (ACS) advised Thursday. The new guidance from ...

Cervical cancer screening can now include “self-swab” HPV tests, according to updated guidelines published Thursday by the American Cancer Society. The change, experts hope, will encourage more women ...

A “devastated” mother of three has received an apology from the board of St James’s Hospital over the underreporting of a smear test from 2004 that could have avoided her later diagnosis of cervical ...

India have been set a daunting target of 549 in the second Test match against South Africa in Guwahati. The hosts have been completely outplayed by the visitors in the series, and the Proteas are now ...

Teal Health's Teal Wand self-collection device for at-home cervical cancer screening was approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration in May. Teal Health began developing its wand more ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Using urine to screen for high-risk types of human papillomavirus (HPV) shows promise in potentially reaching women who decline or lack access to a Pap smear, researchers reported at ...

Teal Health’s Teal Wand enables people ages 25-65 years old to screen for cervical cancer at home — no speculum or stirrups required. (Photo illustration: Yahoo News; photo: Teal Health) According to ...

What if a simple test could save thousands of lives every year, and yet millions don’t take it? That’s the case with screenings for cervical cancer, one of the most preventable types of cancer there ...

Rakeb Tesfatsellassie, a Georgia Tech student, is developing a home screening test for cervical cancer to make early detection more comfortable and accessible for women. The device is designed to be ...

Receiving a sample collection kit by mail helped people who were behind on cervical cancer screening take part in this regular checkup. A clinical trial assessed whether mailing kits to take a cell ...

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 ...