Cervical cancer remains a leading cause of cancer-related death among women globally, despite the availability of effective prevention through human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and HPV-based ...

Almost everyone who has sex will at some point get the virus that can cause cervical cancer. HPV, or human papillomavirus, is so prevalent that it’s like the “common cold of the cervix” for women, ...

A new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that organized civil society and social mobilization are key, yet often unrecognized, agents of global biodiversity ...

On Friday, the Bolivian Trade Union Federation (COB) abandoned negotiations with the government and declared that the month-long wave of protest strikes and popular mobilizations have taken on the ...

New federal guidelines reshape cervical cancer prevention by expanding self-collection, eliminating cost sharing, and aiming to reach millions of women who have been left out of routine screening.

New federal recommendations have expanded testing options for HPV, which can cause cervical cancer, and bring them right to your front door. Women can still choose to get a pelvic exam at the doctor’s ...

The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) has updated its guidelines to include self-collection testing for cervical cancer screening for women aged 30-65 with average risk. Cervical ...

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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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The updated cervical cancer screening guidance includes the option of self-collection of vaginal samples for HPV ...

Australia has passed a significant milestone in the quest to eliminate cervical cancer, recording zero new cases in people younger than 25 years in 2021, an achievement that has been attributed to the ...