More than 4,000 women collected their own vaginal swabs to help scientists build a reference for the understudied healthy ...

Cervical cancer is preventable, but only if you catch it early. Cultural and personal barriers have often meant that women ...

Several countries now offer at-home vaginal swabs to detect HPV status in place of traditional cervical cancer screening, but ...

Kenyan, South African scientists warn against 'yoni pearls' and douching as dangerous trends spread across social media ...

If you look past the rust, an ancient Roman speculum is instantly recognizable as an instrument a gynecologist might put ...

The stability of the swab also allows for convenient mailing from home to the lab, removing logistical barriers and supporting broader participation in cervical cancer screening programs.

However, different studies have inconsistent findings: some studies have found increased numbers of CD4+CCR5+ HIV target cells in vaginal swabs of people with BV compared to those without, but this ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators have approved the first cervical cancer testing kit that allows women to collect their own sample at home before shipping it to a laboratory, according to a medical ...

U.S. officials have approved the first cervical cancer test that allows women to collect their own sample at home.

U.S. officials have approved the first cervical cancer test that allows women to collect their own sample at home.