As part of the Ontario Cervical Screening Program, the province has announced it is going to use Human Papillomavirus (HPV) testing rather than Pap smear tests as a primary way to screen for cervical ...

While cervical cancer screening is a routine part of health care for Canadians, many fall through the cracks.  Robby ...

MORE than 5,000 Brits have missed out on lifesaving cancer checks thanks to an NHS mishap. Health chiefs have since rushed out letters to every person affected, apologising for the failure, which ...

The University of Aberdeen and Cancer Research UK project aims to include women least likely to engage with cervical ...

Public health officials are warning some 2,500 people they may have been exposed to blood-borne infections at a Toronto gynecology office where medical tools were not properly cleaned.

The health clinic where Alice Okwirry collects her HIV medication in Kenya's capital Nairobi has been rationing supplies of ...

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But self-screening kits that have been adopted in British ... But starting next week, the lab will test for HPV, the primary cause of cervical cancer. “Previously they would look at the cells ...

First Ontario’s 1Awards are back for its 13th year! Their senior manager ...

A new study published in The Lancet HIV reveals gaps in knowledge surrounding the prevention of HPV-related cancers in people living with HIV and outlines future research priorities.

Women with positive test results underwent colposcopy and biopsy, as did a random sample of women who tested negative. The sensitivity of HPV testing was 94.6%, whereas that of Pap testing was 55.4%.