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 ...

Smear tests are nobody's favourite, but they're a vital part of healthcare. Now, the way you're tested for HPV is changing. From July, invitations for cervical screening will be sent out every five ...

The FDA approved the first at-home cervical cancer screening in May. Texas is the eighth state to have access to the test as ...

A new Galleri blood test detected 75% of cancers without current screening options, with over half found in early stage I or ...

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 ...

A new proposal recommends replacing routine pap smears with HPV testing every five years for women over 30, signaling a serious shift in cervical cancer screening guidelines. reading time 3 minutes ...

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 ...

Women who have delayed coming forward for cervical screening will be offered a test to be taken at home, NHS England has said. The DIY test kits, available from January, contain a long cotton-wool bud ...

With efforts being made nationally to increase the uptake of cervical screening, this general practice nurse brings her own ...

If there is a woman out there who enjoys getting a pap smear, we have yet to find her. It’s a cold and awkward experience at ...

A mum-of-three is urging women to attend their cervical screenings amid fears new NHS changes could lead to “missed life-saving appointments”. Over the past nine years, teaching assistant Abby Squires ...