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 ...

In May 2024, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved two new cervical screening tests for detecting human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes almost all cervical cancers. Both allow individuals ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A lawyer representing thousands of women affected by the Southern Trust cervical screening scandal said it was wrong to ...

HEALTH officials have denied that reports on the Southern Trust’s cervical screening scandal amounted to “damage limitation.” ...