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 ...

Hawaii Dept. of Health orders notices to four companies for illegal direct-to-consumer lab testing

Ulta Lab Tests, LLC, is not a clinical laboratory certified under federal law and, as such, does not meet HAR requirements to ...

Noninvasive prenatal screening could prevent permanent hearing loss in newborns

A new study indicates that noninvasive prenatal screening (NIPS) performed using a low-cost form of whole genome sequencing can detect the risk in pregnant mothers of transmitting cytomegalovirus (CMV ...
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At-home cervical cancer tests are now available nationwide, as Teal rolls out test to all 50 states

Health disruptors are introducing new ways to screen for cervical cancer that skip the speculum entirely. And Teal's the ...

The FDA has approved an at-home HPV test. What you need to know

New federal guidance is expanding testing for cervical cancer with a self-collection method. Dr. Mara Gordon speaks to NPR about why this option might become popular for screening for HPV.