New options for testing and treating some of the most common sexually transmitted diseases are becoming available ...

As individuals, we can’t do much about microplastics. A lot of it ends up in the oceans, the fish are ingesting it and we’re ...

Scientists have discovered that collecting stool samples at home is as life-saving as invasive colonoscopy procedures.

A doctor and public health expert explains why the new federal guidelines expanding cervical cancer screening to at-home ...

For years, researchers have noted an alarming rise in colorectal cancer in younger people that’s not fully explained away by ...

This indicates that the test is as effective as colonoscopy in reducing colorectal cancer mortality in screening [programs],” ...

China creates ingestible, luminous microspheres that detect intestinal bleeding and are retrieved with a magnet, a ...

According to a 2025 survey conducted by the Prevent Cancer Foundation, only 51% of U.S. adults 21 and older say they have had ...

U.S. guidance announced on Monday recommends self-collection of samples to test for HPV, the virus that often causes cervical ...

New federal guidance is expanding testing for cervical cancer with a self-collection method. Dr. Mara Gordon speaks to NPR about why this option might become popular for screening for HPV.

For the first time ever, women across the U.S. have access to a comfortable, convenient, and accurate at-home cervical cancer screening that is FDA-authorized and recommended in the screening ...

The researchers developed an AI model to design peptides (short proteins) that are targeted by enzymes called proteases, ...