An easy at-home test to replace Pap smears is here—and will soon be fully covered by most insurance

While the Pap was invented in the 1940s and involves inspecting cervical cells for precancerous or cancerous shifts, in the ...
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New cervical cancer screening guidelines include at-home HPV tests. Here's what docs think of them

The Health Resources and Services Administration just released new guidelines for cervical cancer screenings, which include the approval of self-administered HPV tests. Women between age 30 and 65 ...

New Federal Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines Allow For At-Home Self Testing. Here’s Why That Matters

A doctor and public health expert explains why the new federal guidelines expanding cervical cancer screening to at-home ...
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Women are celebrating at-home cervical cancer screening, but might it lead them to get fewer checkups?

The guidelines, published Jan. 5 by the Health Resources and Services Administration, now recommend that average-risk women ...

At-home STD tests offer new options for screening and treatment

New options for testing and treating some of the most common sexually transmitted diseases are becoming available.

Researchers find at-home self-collection testing can expand STI and HPV screening

Researchers with UNC School of Medicine, Gillings School of Global Health, and Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center ...