Under the federal Affordable Care Act, insurers must cover preventive care for free, including Pap smears and HPV testing.

“The results of this large-scale community-based study show the utility of using minipad-collected menstrual blood for HPV testing as a standardized, noninvasive alternative or replacement for ...

From a medical perspective, cervical cancer is highly preventable because it is almost always caused by persistent infection with high-risk types of human papillomavirus (HPV). Dr Nirmala emphasises ...

In India, where cervical cancer is a leading cause of deaths among women, regular screening is the best way to detect the disease at an early stage ...

International guidelines recommend anal and liver surveillance for people with HIV, but Brazil lacks a national protocol; clinicians should integrate screening and vaccination.

Experts estimate that over 13,000 new cervical cancer diagnoses occurred in the United States in 2025, accompanied by over ...

The bill would require most health insurance plans to cover screenings and follow up examinations for cervical cancer.

There’s finally a smear test alternative – but why has it taken so long? - IN FOCUS : As scientists discover that menstrual ...

For many patients, lack of insurance, limited access to providers, and other logistical hurdles stand in the way of getting ...

Samb, F. , Niang, M. , Lo, G. , Keita, A. and Cisse, C. (2026) HPV Profile of Patients Screened for Precancerous and Cancerous Lesions of the Uterine Cervix: At the Institut d’Hygiene Sociale Hospital ...

ALMOST a third of women skip life-saving smear tests – often through fear or embarrassment. But millions of lives could be ...