The BBC speaks to six people about their first cervical screening, and what they wish they'd known beforehand.

Women’s health champions like us cheered in January when the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued a draft ...

Nervousness and fear of discomfort is stopping women from attending life-saving appointments, but you are allowed to ask for ...

People have the option to choose a self-test with a vaginal swab or have a health professional undertake a cervical HPV test (similar to a smear test). HPV is the major cause of cervical cancer ...

Although smear test attendance rates rose a little for ... Instead, the at-home kits will contain a vaginal swab that looks similar to a long cotton bud. Users will collect a sample of their ...

Cervical cancer screening is one of the best success stories in health care. Since the 1970s, the death rate from cervical ...

Cervical cancer is often called a "silent killer" because it can often have no noticeable symptoms in its early stages. Ms ...

Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) self-sampling promises to make the process of screening for cervical cancer easier, more ...

Clue’s survey also found that less respondents experienced pain during their most recent screening, when compared to the first screening, which is when patients are often most anxious and tense. 8 in ...