Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The American Cancer Society has updated its guidelines for cervical cancer screenings. Dr. Jessica Shepherd, the chief medical ...

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 off from ...

New federal guidelines will make it easier for women to get screened for cervical cancer. According to the new recommendations by the Health Resources and Services Administration, women between the ...

The program will test whether Teal’s HPV self-collection pathway can increase screening rates and integrate with health system workflows.

Screening for cervical cancer many soon be possible within the privacy of your own home. On May 9, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the Teal Wand, a tamponlike tool people can use to ...

Share on Pinterest What do the new cervical cancer screening guidelines say? We outline three key changes. Image credit: Maria Korneeva/Getty Images On December 4, 2025, the American Cancer Society ...

Cervical cancer screenings are considered one of the most significant public health advances of the past 50 years, particularly in detecting HPV (human papillomavirus), the culprit of most cervical ...

Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable forms of cancer. Effective screening can detect precancerous changes years before cancer develops. But more than 4,300 women will die from cervical ...

The American Cancer Society has endorsed self-collected vaginal samples for cervical cancer screening — a change medical experts say will help expand access and improve detection. The updated ACS ...

A randomized controlled trial in Singapore found that, compared with offering clinician sampling alone, offering self-sampling or clinician sampling increased both high-risk HPV detection (3.1% vs. 0.