Doctors address the pros and cons of Health Resources and Services Administration’s new guidance, including at-home ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has endorsed self-testing as a viable option for cervical cancer screening in an effort to make testing more accessible and reduce cancer rates nationwide. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new Brown University-led study funded by a National Institute of Mental Health grant used at-home testing kits, some equipped ...

ATLANTA — Emory University is preparing to lead a program mailing out free HIV self-test kits nationwide. The effort is being funded by a recent $8.3 million award from the CDC that will support ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has issued an emergency use authorization for the first self-test for Covid-19 that can provide rapid results at home. The US Food and Drug Administration has ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators have approved the first cervical cancer testing kit that allows women to collect their own sample at home before shipping it to a laboratory, according to a medical device ...

Britain: The world’s first HIV self-testing kit based on a pinprick of blood is launched on Monday and can tell you in 15 minutes whether you have the virus. The test is more than 99.7% accurate and ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a kit that will allow women to collect their own vaginal sample for HPV screening, a move that could increase early detection in those at risk for ...

Self-testing for HPV can help women find out if they’re at high risk for cervical cancer About 8% of women fell within the high-risk group Of those, 40% had either cervical cancer or precancerous ...

The BMJ reviewed research on health test kits sold in UK supermarkets and uncovered some deeply concerning gaps. Unlike routine diagnostic tests and assays used in clinical practice and prescribed ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Shelby County Health Department is taking new steps to make HIV testing easier and more private. The department just launched a program that lets Memphis and Shelby County ...