HHS’s Health Resources and Services Administration released updated guidance for cervical cancer screening, which includes a new option for average-risk women to self-collect vaginal samples for HPV ...

Self-swab HPV tests provide a simple way to catch early warning signs of cervical cancer in or away from a doctor's office.

The guidelines, published Jan. 5 by the Health Resources and Services Administration, now recommend that average-risk women aged 30 to 65 self-collect swab samples to test for HPV, mail them into a ...

Abbey Berenson, M.D., MMS, Ph.D., director for the Center of Interdisciplinary Research in Women's Health at the University ...

Move will require insurers to cover self-collected samples for HPV testing without cost-sh ...

Regular cervical cancer screening using HPV testing and/or Pap tests can prevent up to 90% or more of cervical cancers by detecting and treating precancerous lesions early, making it one of the most ...

A doctor and public health expert explains why the new federal guidelines expanding cervical cancer screening to at-home ...

By Dr. Sanchari Sinha Dutta, Ph.D. New federal guidelines reshape cervical cancer prevention by expanding self-collection, eliminating cost sharing, and aiming to reach millions of women who have been ...

The American Cancer Society is endorsing the use of self-swab kits to test for HPV, because they may reduce barriers to cervical cancer screening. The amended guidelines will "help improve compliance ...

On December 4, the American Cancer Society (ACS) released updates to their cervical cancer screening guidelines. The new guidelines call for people at average risk for cervical cancer to start ...