At-home STD tests and newly approved treatments are expanding options for screening, privacy and care as U.S. infection rates decline.

The rise of OTC and DTC diagnostics, driven by advancements in rapid and multiplex testing for home use, presents significant market opportunities. The shift towards consumer-accessible infectious ...

This Q&A with George Sawaya, MD, explores new cervical cancer screening guidelines issued in January 2026, which recommend at ...

Pap smears and HPV tests can catch issues early—long before they become cancer. Learn why these simple screenings matter and how to make the experience more comfortable.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has begun 2026 with a clear signal to the direct‑to‑consumer testing industry: self‑collection devices ...

A daily preventive pill can be invaluable for people at risk for HIV. But some doctors don't know much about prescribing them ...

BC Cancer is recommending people try out a new self-screening test that can gauge cervical cancer risk from the comfort of their own home.

Self-collection means swabbing your vagina to get a sample of cells to test in the lab. In this case, the sample is used to ...

Discover how UCSF is leading the charge in Long COVID research, uncovering key findings that advance our understanding of the ...

NEW YORK — The US Food and Drug Administration has issued warning letters to four direct-to-consumer health testing companies for selling unauthorized blood collection kits for HIV diagnosis.

The Impact Counter website estimates the USAID cuts have so far caused more than 750,000 deaths, more than 500,000 of them ...

At-home kits that allow women to collect their own samples for HPV testing have been shown to improve cervical cancer screening rates. But some women lack confidence in their ability to complete the ...