On Wednesday, 30 HPV tests — which detect high-risk strains of human papillomavirus that can cause cervical cell changes and cancer— and 15 mammography tests were conducted on women.

A Professor of Clinical Microbiology at the University of Cape Coast (UCC), Prof. Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, has called for urgent attention to address the issues of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical ...

A media orientation programme on the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination campaign was organised in Indore to spread awareness about cervical cancer prevention and address misconceptions about the ...

After months of severe bleeding and pain, 39-year-old Gemma Doherty learned she had a ...

Research has increasingly shown that HPV testing is more effective than cytology at detecting cervical precancer. A cohort study showed that patients who tested HPV negative had the lowest cumulative ...

Evidence shows that birth control pills containing the hormones estrogen and progestin can increase the risk of different types of cancers and decrease the risk of others.  Since 1999, the World ...

HPV causes thousands of cases of throat and neck cancer every year. Dentists can get involved in the effort to prevent them.

The nationwide HPV vaccination campaign targets 14-year-old girls and is conducted at designated government health facilities. Over 8.73 crore women have been screened for cervical cancer as of ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), together with Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University, ...