The at-home cervical cancer screening test can be beneficial to provide early detection of HPV. Here is what it does, how to use it, and why you should get tested.

A new BMJ study found HPV testing using menstrual blood was as accurate as standard cervical screening. Here’s what it could mean for future cervical cancer testing in the UK.

So 2026 is not panning out how I wanted it to,” Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi said while urging her followers to get Pap smears.

U.S. women prefer clinic-based cervical cancer screening over home-based self-sampling by a 3-to-1 margin, according to results of a cross-sectional study.Tailored messaging about the availability and effectiveness of home-based self-sampling may increase comfort with and utilization of the approach and help reverse a recent decline in cervical cancer screening,

While the method shows promise, some experts say that other self-collection devices are more readily available