New Federal Cervical Cancer Screening Guidelines Allow For At-Home Self Testing. Here’s Why That Matters

A doctor and public health expert explains why the new federal guidelines expanding cervical cancer screening to at-home ...

Series 53 Exam: Overview, Benefits, and Sample Questions

Learn how the Series 53 exam qualifies you to supervise municipal securities at firms or banks. Discover its benefits, format ...
STAT

As more patients order lab tests online, doctors don’t know what to do with the results

Hoping to catch serious illnesses early, more Americans are ordering lab tests online, but their doctors don't know what to ...

The Rise of the Self-Serve Blood Test

The start-up Function will send practically anyone to a lab for extensive medical testing, no physical required. Is that a ...
STAT

Women are celebrating at-home cervical cancer screening, but might it lead them to get fewer checkups?

The guidelines, published Jan. 5 by the Health Resources and Services Administration, now recommend that average-risk women ...

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 ...

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.

US now supports self-swab HPV test. Get the details

HHS released updated cervical cancer screening guidelines on Jan. 5, allowing for self-administered HPV tests as an ...