The HPV vaccine, called Gardasil-9 — which has no live virus and is completely non-infectious — protects against the six types of HPV most likely to cause cancer, Eckert says. (These are strains 6, 11 ...

Omni Family Health Omni Family Health is raising awareness about cervical cancer and the importance of early detection ...

The vaccine didn’t come out until I was in college ... either on its own or oftentimes in tandem with a Pap smear (which tests for precancerous cells on the cervix), commonly referred to as ...

Gardasil 9 is the only HPV vaccine used in the U.S., and it’s also one of the only vaccines on the market that actually ...

Yes, you can have a Pap smear exam on your period. However, heavy bleeding may make it harder to detect abnormal cervical ...

Despite cervical cancer being highly preventable with regular Pap smears, HPV testing, and vaccination, cervical cancer remains one of the leading health concerns for women globally and is ...

Speaking at the “Cervical Cancer Elimination Movement from Awareness to Action—Cervical Cancer Free Karnataka” program in Bengaluru, the minister said the pilot project, spearheaded by ARTIST for HER, ...

More than half of women surveyed mistakenly believed that Pap smears test for cancer ... largely thanks to the HPV vaccine and screening, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS).

A Papanicolaou test, also known as a Pap smear or Pap test, checks for abnormal cervical cells ... Alexander said cervical cancer "is a vaccine preventable disease." The vaccine is generally available ...