Determined to make HPV and cervical cancer screenings less invasive, these researchers have turned to menstrual blood.

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a new device called the Teal Wand, which its creator describes as an "at-home vaginal sample self-collection device for cervical cancer screening." It ...

The Teal Wand self-collection device from Teal Health is used for at-home cervical cancer screening. (Nicole Morrison / Teal Health via AP) What are the benefits of at-home tests?

In May, the Teal Wand by Teal Health became the first U.S.-approved at-home screening test for cervical cancer. (To receive the full newsletter in your inbox for free sign up here) ...

The FDA has approved Teal Wand™, the first self-collection device for cervical cancer screening that can be used at home.

Modernization and scaling up. To eliminate cervical cancer, the Philippines must prioritize the HPV test as the primary screening tool nationwide and encourage self-sample collection. The requirements ...

Cervical cancer, the fourth most common cancer among women, often develops silently, making early detection crucial. Symptoms like abnormal bleeding, ...

Michelle Guy says she hopes to encourage women to get smear tests after the cancer was caught despite her having no symptoms.

Cervical cancer screening more than doubled when women were offered a mail-in self-collection test for human papillomavirus (HPV), researchers reported June 6 in JAMA Internal Medicine. Virtually ...

Testing negative for HPV means the chances of developing cancer within five years are very small, as it can take around 10 years or more from the time HPV is detected to developing cervical cancer.

A woman who was diagnosed with cervical cancer at just 25-years-old, after delaying a routine smear test, has slammed the NHS's move to extend the time between HPV-negative screening to five years ...