In the end, the ball is in your court. You can still get Pap smears (which usually include an HPV test, too) or you can ask ...

Earlier this year the Food and Drug Administration approved a new human papillomavirus test that allows for self-collection of samples in a health care setting, thereby removing what many say is an ...

Getting a Pap smear isn’t high on most people’s list, but it’s the go-to test to look for cervical changes that could lead to cancer. So, most women endure it every three or so years. Now, there’s a ...

Let's be honest: Pap smears are terrible. Every year, I stare at the ceiling and try my hardest to ignore the scraping of my insides. In the age of AI chatbots and self-driving cars, how has no one ...

(NEW YORK) — Although most women are accustomed to having Pap smears to test for cervical cancer — a disease that strikes 12,000 American women each year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease ...

The Food and Drug Administration just approved an at home test that could be an optional alternative to a yearly pap smear. The test looks for human papilloma virus, or HPV, which causes nearly all ...

When Noa Fleischacker had her first pap smear, she was struck by an unbearable, knife-like pain as soon as the speculum went in. “I literally was going to jump off the table,” Fleischacker recalled.

(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 ...

Teal Health has about 40,000 people on a nationwide waitlist as it rolls the product out state-by-state. Texas was chosen because of the size of the state and how many Texans were on the waitlist. The ...