A comparative study of more than 600 people across 16 U.S. trial sites found the kit correctly detected HPV when pre-cancer — abnormal cells more likely to develop into cancer — was present 96 ...

The new test, created by Teal Health, provides the same accuracy testing for HPV — the virus that causes nearly all cervical cancers — without a painful pelvic exam at a doctor’s office.

The FDA has approved its first at-home collection kit that allows women to screen themselves for human papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer risk by mailing a sample to a lab—where it is ...

Anybody who has oral, anal, or vaginal sex, or genital skin-to-skin contact with another person can get STDs — in fact, most sexually active people get one at some point in their life. STDs don’t ...