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 ...

Women now have an alternative to the Pap smear as a screening test for cervical cancer. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved an at-home screening test. As Reuters reported, Pap ...

In early December, the American Cancer Society updated its guidelines for the first time since 2020. Now, all women ...

HPV self-tests allow patients to collect a sample themselves, instead of having a healthcare provider collect it.

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

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first at-home screening test for cervical cancer, the product’s maker announced on Friday. The DIY test could serve as an alternative to ...

Legs harnessed in an airborne straddle. Feeble pleas from your ob-gyn to scooch up. Cold, clunky metal speculum pushed into your vagina, followed by clanging and scraping. Pap smears are, at worst, a ...

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 ...

(CBS) -- The maker of an at-home cervical cancer screening test said Friday it has won approval from the Food and Drug Administration, giving patients an alternative to in-clinic pap smears. The ...

The first at-home screening kit for human papillomavirus, the leading cause of cervical cancer in the U.S., has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The prescription device from ...

(CNN) — To get screened for cervical cancer, patients in the United States may no longer need to put their feet in those awkward stirrups, brace for the uncomfortable speculum or even take the time ...

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 ...