However, in chronic viral infection and cancer, the killer cells often lapse into “exhausted” CD8 + T cells that no longer can stem disease. This exhaustion is a major barrier in the new ...

Chinese women aged 65 years or older have significantly higher rates of high-risk human papillomavirus infection and cervical cancer than those younger than 65 years.

Regular screening can bend the odds in your favor when it comes to four types of cancers. The science is less clear for the rest.

People who are uninsured or part of a minority racial or ethnic group are underscreened for cervical cancer. Mailing them a self-sample kit may help.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the country’s first at-home HPV screening device. The test is designed as an alternative to the Pap smear, a procedure that detects precancerous ...

There's a new self-guided way to screen for cervical cancer at home, approved by the FDA. But doctors caution that the Teal Wand is not for everyone.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved Teal Health to provide the nation's first at-home test kit to screen for cervical cancer.

Teal Health, the maker of an at-home cervical cancer screening test, says it will give patients an alternative to in-clinic pap smears.

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday approved the first at-home test to screen for cervical cancer, Teal Health, which makes the test kit, said.

At-home cervical cancer screening test gets FDA approval. How it works, availability The Teal Wand is an at-home vaginal sample self-collection device that tests for HPV. The test will first be ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved the United States’ first at-home cervical cancer screening tool on Friday, a decision that stands to give women an accessible alternative to Pap smears ...

Cervical cancer starts in the cells of the cervix, which connects the uterus and vagina. It is slow to develop, quietly growing for months or even years before it’s diagnosed.